Walgreens stores in SF over-dispensed opioids and failed to report suspicious orders, a judge's decision said.
opioid epidemic that for more than 20 years has strained hospitals, taxed city resources, exacerbated crime and homelessness, and forced closures of public roads and spaces, court records showed.
"This decision gives voice to the thousands of lives lost to the opioid epidemic," San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a San Francisco saw more than 163 million opioid pills distributed — enough for 22 pills a year for every person in the city — from 2006 to 2014, according to the city attorney's news release. In the following five years, opioid-related overdose deaths skyrocketed 478%, and 25% of visits at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital's emergency department were associated with opioid use.
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