How the Purdue opioid settlement could help the public understand the roots of the drug crisis
- Written by Antoine Lentacker, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Riverside
Esther Nesbitt lost two of her children to drug overdoses.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesThere’s a long history of U.S. courts being called upon to fix large-scale public health crises.
Lawyers and judges, for instance, were key in settling claims related to asbestos, lead paint, Agent Orange and tobacco. More recently, they have...