All claim drugmakers and distributors are responsible for a public-health calamity tied to opioid painkillers. The outcome in Oklahoma could impact claims and settlement talks involving other states, cities and counties. RICKY WILSON/STUFF Johnson & Johnson's greed for more sales of its addictive opioid painkillers helped create a deadly epidemic in Oklahoma, the state's top law-enforcement officer told a judge. Hunter also sued opioid makers Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries for their roles in the crisis. "The fact that I am a Republican, a conservative and someone who believes in capitalism doesn't mean I will turn a blind eye" to companies that hurt people, Hunter told Balkman.

Source: Stuff May 28, 2019 20:13 UTC