A staggering 488 people have died in British Columbia of drug overdoses so far this year and some advocates want pharmaceutical companies to share the blame for the ongoing opioid epidemic. The state of Ohio on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against five major drug companies, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers. 's former attorney general, Ujjal Dosanjh, said the same could be done in Canada. "We know in our history there have been huge examples when pharmaceutical companies have misled the public and the government," he said. government to the do same now with pharmaceutical companies.

Source: CBC News June 02, 2017 21:00 UTC