Butler County to sue opioid makers amid heroin crisis

Butler County commissioners gave the green light Monday to sue opioid manufacturers and distributors, hoping to get those entities to pay for the area’s heroin epidemic. Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser says the county won’t be joining Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s litigation, but it will be in conjunction with what the attorney general is doing.  “I recommended this to the county commissioners because it is a program like the tobacco litigation, we don’t want to be left out,” Gmoser said. “I don’t want to see Butler County left out of an opportunity to treat people at the expense of these manufacturers and distributors. When the gong sounds and the money is paid, I don’t want Butler County not standing in line to get its fair share to provide treatment for the addicts we have here.”