Sen McCaskill: pain advocates should not take contributions from pain pharmas

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid makers gave $10M to drug advocacy groups amid epidemic https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/opioid-makers-gave-10m-advocacy-groups-amid-epidemic-n849211 WASHINGTON — Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications’ use, according to a report released this past week by a U.S. senator. The investigation by Missouri’s Sen. Claire McCaskill […]

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The two faces of the opioid crisis

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/the-two-faces-of-the-opioid-crisis/article_9967ce9d-228e-5c8a-b00c-dae17bc2d419.html For many people, the face of the opioid crisis in this country is the scene of a drugged-out mother and father passed out on a couch with a little child forlornly looking at them. It is a heartbreaking image of a family being destroyed by addiction, and of young lives being shattered. But the […]

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