Buncombe County is suing five manufacturers and three wholesale distributors of opioids, as the number of overdoses in the county on those drugs has sharply risen again this year. It’s an approach other governments at all levels across the U.S. have tried. In the first eight months of this year, the number of emergency room visits in Buncombe County due to opioid overdoses nearly tripled as opposed to last year. That’s just one of many statistics that gives county board of commissioners chair