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Attached is a press release from Pima County and the City of Tucson announcing that each government has filed a lawsuit against more than 20 companies that manufacture and/or distribute opioid drugs across the nation and within the city of Tucson and Pima County. The actions are part of the two governments' ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic and its impacts on the region. The lawsuits allege that these opioid manufacturers and distributors engaged in a concerted effort over many years to expand the market for opioids and to increase their profits by misleading consumers and medical providers through misrepresentations or omissions regarding the appropriate uses, risks, and safety of opioids, and by failing to take adequate steps to monitor the distribution and sale of opioids.

Contact information for both the city and the county are included with the release.

Also attached are copies of both complaints filed this afternoon in Pima County Superior Court.