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The Opioid Crisis is a scourge that is claiming thousands of lives all across Canada and around the world. Tens of thousands of people who began taking these drugs for pain or an injury have found themselves addicted and the numbers of people who die of overdoses is still climbing. Now patients are hoping to take on the drug makers in a $1.1-billion lawsuit about their role in the opioid crisis. Libby speaks to one of the lawyers on the Canadian lawsuit Adam Tanel of Koskie Minsky and paramedic Mike Merriman.