Pharmacies say prescribers bear opioid crisis responsibility

A COALITION OF PHARMACIES, including CVS, have argued in federal court that doctors and other health care practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP
A COALITION OF PHARMACIES, including CVS, have argued in federal court that doctors and other health care practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Doctors and other health care practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of pharmacy chains argued in federal court. The filings, which were submitted Monday to the federal judge in Cleveland who has…

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