A historian of narcotics use in the United States told jurors in a trial on Long Island that the addiction crisis at the center of the state and county governments' lawsuit mirrors a similar wave of opioid abuse in the late 19th Century.
July 07, 2021 at 06:18 PM
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A historian specializing in drugs and addiction took the stand Wednesday as the first witness in the state of New York’s multidefendant opioid lawsuit, delivering broad testimony indicative of the wide scope of the lawsuit.
Attorneys for the state government, along with Nassau and Suffolk counties, are seeking to prove that the defendants, who manufactured and distributed opioids in the state during the past two decades, caused a public nuisance by knowingly marketing highly addictive drugs.
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The state of New York’s multidefendant opioid lawsuit opened late last month at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center auditorium in Islip, NY. Photo: Ryland West/ALM
