AG asks feds to pursue opioid manufacturers

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Attorney General Mike Hunter sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions one day after Attorney General Sessions was in Oklahoma.

“We need to start treating the industry from the top down like the criminal enterprises they are,” said Hunter.

Attorney General Hunter said the letter’s intent is to open communications to develop a federal and state partnership to combat the opioid epidemic.

Hunter says the feds could go after the manufacturers under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).

“There is clear evidence of these companies spending millions of dollars on lobbyists and fraudulent marketing campaigns in order to get these drugs into communities across the nation.”