The lawyer who took down Big Tobacco 20 years ago has another intimidating foe in his sights.
His opponent this time — Big Pharma.
In the 1990s, as Mississippi's attorney general, Mike Moore launched a lawsuit against 13 tobacco companies that eventually resulted in a $246 billion, 50-state settlement.
He's now using what he learned fighting the tobacco industry to take on pharmaceutical companies, who he says are responsible for the nation's opioid epidemic.
He's even called on President Donald Trump, who declared the opioid epidemic a national health emergency in 2017, to play a role.
A veteran of Moore's winning fight against Big Tobacco, he has now joined Moore's team of top-flight attorneys and state and local officials in the battle against Big Pharma.
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