Attorney General Chris Carr has pledged to go after drugmakers in connection with what he and other law enforcement officials have called an epidemic of opioid abuse.

Carr said in a news release Thursday that his Consumer Protection Unit is working with a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from across the U.S., investigating whether manufacturers have engaged in unlawful practices in the marketing and sale of opioids.

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