At that time, you know, at that time it was the main problem was OxyContin and other opioid based pills. And Most of the other states in the country had joined a national lawsuit to try to hold those manufacturers of [opioid-based] medications accountable... and Brad Shimmel refused to get into that lawsuit. destroyed a lot of families and a lot of individual lives in Wisconsin. And Brad Shimmel refused to get into that lawsuit. At that time he was taking thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies. (24:24–24:45)
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Asserts that Brad Schimmel did not join a national lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, unlike most other states.
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