By pursuing cases against the opioid drug industry, counties have a chance to recover some of the taxpayer money they have spent and continue to spend to combat the high cost of opioid addiction, overdose, and diversion in their communities, stated Jeffrey Simon, attorney and co-founder of Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, P.C., the firm representing Upshur County. Most successful methods to treat opioid addiction cost a great deal of money, and often those costs fall upon counties. A prime example is when an opioid addict is arrested and put into jail.

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