Posted by on July 19, 2019 12:43 pm
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  • Anthony Rattini accused of ignoring evidence of opioids’ harm
  • Charges mark shift in effort to hold drug firms to account

Federal prosecutors have charged a former president of a major pharmaceutical distributor with flooding parts of Appalachia with millions of opioid pills while ignoring evidence they were driving addiction and death.

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