Walmart files pre-emptive strike against U.S. government

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — In anticipation of an opioid-related civil lawsuit from the federal government, Walmart has filed a suit of its own against the feds. According to the Wall Street Journal, Walmart is claiming that the Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration are trying to make the retailer, in particular its 5,000-plus pharmacies, a “scapegoat” for the opioid crisis in that country. Walmart says it is being blamed for filling problematic prescriptions, even though the doctors who wrote them were practicing legally.