The Department of Justice (DOJ) hit drugstore chain Walgreens with a lawsuit this week for filling “unlawful” opioid prescriptions that had no “legitimate” medical purpose for over a decade.

The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Thursday, alleges that Walgreens’ pharmacists filled millions of prescriptions despite “red flags” indicating that they were likely to be unlawful and that it pressured its pharmacists to fill prescriptions while not taking the necessary time to “confirm their validity.”

“Walgreens allegedly ignored substantial evidence from multiple sources that its stores........

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