The United States Justice Department is suing Walmart, charging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies and helped to worsen the opioid crisis in America, according to a report from the Associated Press.
The civil complaint states Walmart violated federal law by selling thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that its pharmacists knew were invalid. Federal law requires Walmart to spot suspicious orders for controlled substances and report those to the Drug Enforcement Administration, but prosecutors charge the company didn’t do that.
