{Charleston, West Virginia}...At a news conference Tuesday morning, West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced he has filed lawsuits against 14 out of state drug distributors for supplying drugs to "rogue drugstores," who in turn "prescribed them for non-legitimate medical purposes." McGraw called the distribution companies key players in "pill mill" operations. McGraw said the distributors have substantially contributed to, benefited from and gained improperly from prescription drug abuse in West Virginia, and he's now asking them to accept responsibility and pay for their illicit actions. The suit was filed in Boone County, an area McGraw described as ground zero of prescription drug abuse.
