Ohio AG Sues Opioid Distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health

• Four distributors accused of dispensing 739 million opioids in Ohio annually between 2011 and 2016 • Cardinal Health, Ohio’s highest-revenue company, now faces claims in state and federal courts in Ohio

McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and Miami-Luken Inc. allegedly distributed 4.4 billion doses of opioids in Ohio between 2011 and 2016, violating federal and state laws meant to stop diversion of drugs, according to an Ohio attorney general suit.

The suit, filed Feb. 26 in state court, breaks with Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s (R) recent attempts to negotiate settlement with drug distributors. The office is also suing drugmakers in state ...