Report: Drug Executive Emails Mocked Appalachians

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A published report says emails sent to and from a drug company executive presented at a landmark West Virginia trial against three large opioid distributors used terms like “pillbillies” to mock Appalachians.
The Herald-Dispatch reported the emails were presented Thursday in the civil case brought by Cabell County and the city of Huntington that accuses drug distributors AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp. of fueling the