I imagine that this will get pretty complicated and Richards' medical history is going to play a big role. Who and when (or even if) he was prescribed Oxy will come into play. Did he get the proper medical guidance before and after taking the meds, and was it through the Kings organization....
I have sympathy for people that "accidentally" become addicts. It is very much a disease of the mind and addicts make terrible decisions and often suffer from issues of impulse and self-control.
IMO, if he is an addict (and I don't know if that was ever even established), and it comes out that the either of his old teams were enabling him or ignoring the dangers, then I really hope this gets treated as something that occurred as the result of an occupational hazard and he is not totally cut off from his employer.
I don't see how something complicated like this will be resolved quickly though.
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