Johnson & Johnson <br />Ordered to Pay $572 Million <br />in Landmark Opioid Trial.<br />An Oklahoma judge ordered <br />the corporate giant to pay <br />the massive sum to the state.<br />The judgement was made <br />in response to the opioid epidemic, <br />"an imminent danger and <br />menace to Oklahomans.".<br />Through contracts with poppy <br />growers in Tasmania, Johnson & Johnson <br />has supplied 60% of the ingredients <br />used for opioids such as oxycodone.<br />The state argued that the <br />company marketed the products <br />as safe to both patients and doctors.<br />We’ve shown that J&J was at the root cause of this opioid crisis. It made billions of dollars from it over a 20-year period. They’ve always denied responsibility and yet at the same time they say they want to make a difference in solving this problem. So do the right thing: come in here, pay the judgment, Brad Beckworth, Oklahoma State Attorney, <br />via 'The New YorkTimes'.<br />The ruling is the first of its kind, <br />in which a corporation has been <br />deemed responsible for <br />America's opioid crisis.<br />Around two dozen opioid retailers, <br />makers and distributors face <br />judgement in more than 2,000 <br />related lawsuits, all over the U.S.
