Asked by NPR's Robert Siegel whether doctors had a role of their own in overprescribing potentially dangerous medication, DeWine says more fault rests with a culture created by these companies.

This is a big ugly mess... but I think this lawsuit and this article may be a little.... slanted. "Go get the big evil drug companies! Forget the accountability of the people popping the pills for the wrong reasons."

No doubt the drug companies have a part in this... but so do the insurance companies, the doctors, the government, and the people taking these pills.

I have a prescription for an opioid. I take one about once per year when a migraine is really out of control and all of the other options haven't worked.

I can thank this kind of lawsuit for making it more expensive this year.

blergh... I know... it's a real problem... and shame on them for "engaging in a sustained marketing campaign to downplay the addiction risks of the prescription opioid drugs they sell and to exaggerate the benefits of their use for health problems such as chronic pain."

but shame on the doctors for prescribing the drugs incorrectly.

and some shame on the people taking them too much.

and shame on me for being an asshole.