U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES SUIT AGAINST WALMART FOR FUELING OPIOID CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY

Highlights

• “Walmart’s pharmacies violated the law by filling thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that Walmart's pharmacists knew were invalid” said the Justice Department

• The company has always empowered our pharmacists to r...

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