Politics & Government

Danbury To Consider Suing Drug Companies

City officials are considering suing companies over the opioid epidemic.

DANBURY, CT — The city council will vote Tuesday on whether to hire a law firm to sue opioid drug manufacturers. Several other cities in Connecticut and the nation have done so already.

A separate lawsuit has 19 Connecticut towns that have signed on, but Danbury is considering going it alone, according to the News-Times.

The movement in lawsuits is reminiscent of when states sued the tobacco industry about 20 years ago.

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