DOJ hits Walgreens with lawsuit for filling ‘unlawful’ opioid prescriptions

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…