As West Virginians have waded through the battle against the substance abuse epidemic over the past several years, it has become clear there is fault to find at many levels — from “legal” drug dealers masquerading as doctors to pharmaceutical industry giants. That is, of course, in addition to the illegal drug operations that realized what was happening and seized the moment.

As state attorney general, Gov. Patrick Morrisey did an excellent job battling companies such as Johnson and Johnson, CVS and Kroger — to name a few — in an effort that has yielded hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars to be distributed to fight the substance abuse epidemic.

His successor in the attorney general’s office, J.B. McCuskey, is continuing that fight with a lawsuit against the owners of Express Sc

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