Jeff Sessions announces opioid program in Columbus: Ohio Politics Roundup
Sessions in Ohio: Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday traveled to Ohio, a state that's particularly struggled with opioid abuse, to announce "a new pilot program designed to cut down on one big part of the burgeoning opioid crisis: illegal prescription of opioid pills," cleveland.com's Jeremy Pelzer writes. "The Department of Justice's Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit will use a new data-analytics program to identify doctors and pharmacists who are abusing their
Pro-Issue 2 group demands identity of drug companies funding opposition
A drug industry-backed group opposing a fall ballot issue to cap the price of prescription drugs was accused Wednesday of illegally failing to disclose its “dark-money” donors. Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices, which led the campaign to place the measure on the ballot, filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission asking that the Ohioans Against the Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue be forced to disclose the identity of its donors. The opponents of the ballot issue formed
