Analysis

What Drove DOJ's 1st Opioid Distributor Charges?

By Jeff Overley (April 23, 2019, 9:59 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Justice's first felony charges accusing a drug distributor of fueling the opioid crisis involve familiar allegations of reckless painkiller sales that until now have been punished with civil penalties. But the accusations are also backed up by direct accounts of C-suite complicity, one of several factors that likely tipped the case into criminal waters....

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