“Walgreens is completely unlike the wholesalers involved in the national opioid litigation."

 “Walgreens is completely unlike the wholesalers involved in the national opioid litigation.  We never sold opioid medications to pain clinics, internet pharmacies or the ‘pill mills’ that fueled the national opioid crisis,” the company said.  “We never marketed or promoted opioid medications.”

  Walgreens also said the pain pill data is “misleading” because the records are seven years old and the chain stopped the internal distribution of controlled substances to its pharmacies in 2014.

Employees were “incredibly diligent and careful” to ensure that pharmacies were not involved in diversion, the company said.  “We proudly stand by our pharmacy professionals and their record of professional judgment and patient care.”

  Walgreens dominated the nation’s retail opioid market from 2006 through 2012, buying about 13 billion pills, according to DEA database known as the Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS).  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2019/11/07/height-crisis-walgreens-handled-nearly-one-five-most-addictive-opioids/?arc404=true