Prosecutors in Ohio claim that major drug companies were “turning a blind eye” to massive shipments of opioids into the state.

According to court documents, drug makers would ignore suspicious-looking orders of prescription painkillers out of greed. Attorneys say company emails show that they knew about the potential harm the drugs were causing.

Drug makers are required to implement a “Suspicious Order Monitoring” system to flag sketchy orders and report them to the DEA, but prosecutors say most companies failed to do so

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/us/opioid-crisis-violations-controlled-substances-act/index.html