Attorney General Mike DeWine said the companies created a deadly mess in Ohio that they now need to pay to clean up. The attorney general also wants customers repaid for unnecessary opiate prescriptions for chronic pain. "These drug companies knew that what they were doing was wrong and they did it anyway," DeWine said. She said she's hopeful the Ohio lawsuit can begin to curtail the epidemic by fighting it "from the top." Whaley says taking on drug companies for their role in the crisis will be her highest priority as governor.

Source: ABC News May 31, 2017 16:13 UTC