法官裁定艾伯森支付9亿美元：药房违规配发阿片类药物助长泛滥
华盛顿州金县高等法院法官珍妮特·赫尔森11月5日裁定，艾伯森公司须向华盛顿州支付9亿美元，原因是其药房未能防止成瘾性止痛药被滥用，助长了州内的阿片类药物泛滥。州总检察长于2022年提起诉讼，指控艾伯森旗下药房在2006年至2022年间，在处方存在转售风险警示的情况下违规配发阿片类药物超过650万次。艾伯森在华盛顿州经营约200家药房，多以Safeway品牌运营。州政府在庭审中要求法院责令艾伯森支付22亿美元，用于消除药物泛滥造成的危害并追加处罚。法官在无陪审团审理后作出上述裁决。州政府表示，阿片类药物泛滥期间，已有超过2.6万名华盛顿州居民死于阿片类药物过量。根据美国疾病控制与预防中心的数据，1999年至2023年，全美约有80.6万人死于阿片类药物过量。
（来源：路透社）
Judge Orders Albertsons to Pay $900 Million Over Opioid Dispensing in Washington
A King County Superior Court judge, Janet Helson, ruled on Nov. 5 that Albertsons must pay the state of Washington $900 million, finding that its pharmacies failed to prevent addictive painkillers from being diverted and fueled the state's opioid epidemic. The state attorney general sued in 2022, alleging that Albertsons pharmacies dispensed opioids more than 6.5 million times between 2006 and 2022 despite red flags indicating a risk of diversion.
Albertsons operates about 200 pharmacies in Washington, many under the Safeway brand. The state had asked the court to order $2.2 billion for abatement of the harm and additional penalties. The judge issued the ruling after a bench trial.
State officials say more than 26,000 Washington residents have died of opioid overdoses during the epidemic. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 806,000 people died of opioid overdoses across the United States from 1999 to 2023.
(Source: Reuters)
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