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SKAGIT COUNTY LITIGATION TARGETING MANUFACTURERS OF OPIOIDS Report to the Mount Vernon School District Board of Directors January 3, 2018 Background Skagit County has contracted with the Keller Rohrback law firm Keller Rohrbacks


  1. SKAGIT COUNTY LITIGATION TARGETING MANUFACTURERS OF OPIOIDS Report to the Mount Vernon School District Board of Directors January 3, 2018

  2. Background ■ Skagit County has contracted with the Keller Rohrback law firm ■ Keller Rohrback’s experience includes: – Representing public entities – Consideration public interest and public impacts – Experience litigating against large pharmaceutical companies ■ Skagit Co. Prosecutor, Rich Weyrich, has invited school districts, cities, and other impacted entities to sign onto the lawsuit

  3. Facts ■ The US has 4.5 % of the world population, but consumes 80% of the opioids ■ Heroin and OxyContin are nearly identical in chemical structure ■ Most heroin addicts first became addicted to prescription opioids ■ Pharmaceutical companies first marketed OxyContin as non- addictive, long-term pain management medication ■ Over 100 people per day die of opioid overdoes in the US – upwards of 50,000 per year

  4. The Litigation Plan ■ Gather facts for damages ■ Develop a support plan to help those who are addicted ■ Reduce the flow of opioids into communities ■ Hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for their false marketing and sales tactics ■ Keep the damages in the communities that bring forth the lawsuits ■ Sign on by contingency – no cost to the entities unless the litigation results in financial restitution

  5. Benefits of Solidarity ■ Skagit County could become the first in the nation to have the county, all cities, all school districts, and the hospital district sign onto litigation ■ Sends a positive message of unity - we are standing together as communities, supporting those who are affected by addiction.

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