On my watch, if the drug companies want to keep doing business in Ohio, they need to pay for the police and first responders, the detox facilities and recovery services that threaten to bankrupt our cities and towns.

Nan Whaley, the mayor of Dayton and a candidate for Ohio governor, urging the state to take action to address the opioid epidemic. Her words come amid news that the state's attorney general filed a lawsuit against five drug manufacturers, seeking financial damages for their role in the crisis.