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More than half a billion opioid pills in 14 years: How prescriptions contributed to a crisis in Baltimore

Baltimore Sun reporter Madeleine O'Neill
By | moneill@baltsun.com
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Millions upon millions of legal opioids inundated the city and Baltimore County as pharmaceutical sales representatives singled out the highest-prescribing doctors for advertising, cracked jokes about the growing addiction crisis and minimized the potential for addiction. (TNS file photo)

Baltimore's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors argues the companies flooded the city with prescription painkillers, contributing to an addiction crisis.

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