Posted on Feb 12, 2018
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stop marketing opioids to doctors
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Purdue Pharma, the company behind prescription painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, bowing to a key demand of lawsuits that blame the company for helping trigger the current drug abuse epidemic.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stop marketing opioids to doctors
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Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress
Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it
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That's not going to help much considering that the Pharmaceuticals have used people who used to work for the DEA to change the law so they can't stop selling to corrupt doctors who give prescriptions out like candy.
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A1C Ian Williams
Yes, sir. Some doctors find it hard to find the morals to say no to a generous friend who took them out to dinner and gave them a new pen in defence of the patients that should trust them LTC Stephen Conway
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I wonder if this will make any difference? It will be interesting to see if less is ordered.
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