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NAT119 - (US-Drugmakers-Lawsuit) COLUMBUS, Ohio. x-17s. Ohio has launched a lawsuit against five drugmakers for perpetrating the state's addiction epidemic. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine accuses the companies of intentionally misleading patients about the dangers of painkillers and promoting benefits of the drugs not backed by science. ("..pain medications.") (SOURCE:The Associated Press)

TAG: More than three-thousand people in Ohio died from drug overdoses in 2015.

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NAT120 - (US-Drugmakers-Lawsuit) COLUMBUS, Ohio. x-08s. Ohio has launched a lawsuit against five drugmakers for perpetrating the state's addiction epidemic. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine accuses the companies of intentionally misleading patients about the dangers of painkillers and promoting benefits of the drugs not backed by science. …