Crime & Public Safety
Rural county takes up fight against opioid makers
A tiny community near Savannah has become the first Georgia county outside of metro Atlanta to file a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.
Candler County saw 169.7 opioid prescriptions per 100 people in 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That ranks Candler as the county with the state's fifth highest prescription rate.
Fulton and DeKalb counties have already filed lawsuits seeking to recover their costs for treating the opioid epidemic.
Read more about how much money Candler county hopes to recover and whether orther counties will join the fight
