Walmart settles with DOJ over alleged unlawful opioid dispensing
Walmart settled a lawsuit with the Justice Department on Friday after the retail giant faced sweeping accusations that it fueled a nationwide opioid epidemic for years by unlawfully dispensing prescriptions from its pharmacies.
TL;DR
- Walmart has settled a lawsuit with the Justice Department.
- The lawsuit alleged that Walmart unlawfully dispensed prescriptions from its pharmacies, fueling the opioid epidemic.
- The Justice Department sued Walmart in 2020, citing violations of the Controlled Substances Act.
- The allegations included filling thousands of invalid or suspicious prescriptions since 2013.
- The settlement resolves claims that Walmart pharmacies failed to meet their obligations regarding controlled substance dispensing.