Kentucky's attorney general has sued pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The lawsuit claims the company was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis.

Kentucky’s attorney general is suing the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts over its role in “worsening” the state’s opioid crisis. In the complaint filed in state court, Attorney General Russell Coleman (R) argued Express Scripts “is at the center of” the opioid dispensing chain that helped fuel the crisis.

Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on Thursday the filing of a lawsuit against Express Scripts, Inc. and its affiliated organizations for its role in worsening the

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has sued a pharmacy benefits manager he says played a “role in worsening the deadly opioid crisis in Kentucky.” The complaint, filed in Jessamine County Circuit Court Wednesday,