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Opioid Overdoses Continue to Rise – Among Children!

Opioid Overdoses Continue to Rise – Among Children!

Posted by | Nov 2, 2016 | , , |

While the judiciary is attempting to hold Big Pharma accountable for the epidemic of opioid abuse across the U.S., that epidemic is growing worse – and tragically, it’s growing fastest among children and adolescents. This shocking news was recently published in Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics. It was based on a study carried out at the Yale School of Medicine, which analyzed data from the Kid’s Inpatient Database recorded between 1997 and 2012. During that time, researchers found over 13,000 cases of children and young people from 1 to 19 years of age who had been admitted...

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Pharmaceutical Companies Conspire to Keep Opioid Addicts from Getting Help – Now States Are Fighting Back

Pharmaceutical Companies Conspire to Keep Opioid Addicts from Getting Help – Now States Are Fighting Back

Posted by | Oct 15, 2016 | , , |

You may not have heard of Suboxone, unless you have struggled with opioid addiction. This drug is a vital treatment in helping addicts to get the proverbial monkey off their back – and two drug companies have been conspiring to keep the price inflated by blocking the manufacture of generic versions by competitors. According to a lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of 36 states across the country, three pharmaceutical companies – Reckitt Benkiser, Indivior, and MonoSol Rx – have been engaging in a conspiracy to change the form of Suboxone from a tablet to a type of film...

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Opioid Overdose Deaths Dropped by 25 Percent in States with Medical Marijuana

Opioid Overdose Deaths Dropped by 25 Percent in States with Medical Marijuana

Posted by | Aug 27, 2014 | |

A study released earlier this week shows that between 1999 and 2010, the 13 states which legalized medical marijuana saw deaths from opioid overdoses drop by 25 percent. “The difference is quite striking,” Colleen Barry, co-author of the study and a health policy researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told Newsweek. Barry also said that the drop happened quickly and was noticeable the year after medical marijuana was legalized in each state. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, hypothesizes that patients in states where medical marijuana is allowed are replacing opioids like Vicodin and OxyContin...

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DOJ Finally Does Its Job: White Collar Thug Is Arrested – America’s Lawyer

DOJ Finally Does Its Job: White Collar Thug Is Arrested – America’s Lawyer

Posted by | Nov 5, 2017 | , , , , , , , |

To learn more about this topic, visit AL.Law America’s Lawyer Mike Papantonio talks about a former drug company CEO who was arrested on charges of bribery and fraud involved in the opioid epidemic. Transcript: And, finally tonight, some good news for victims of the deadly opioid epidemic. A former drug company CEO was arrested and taken in by federal officers on charges of bribery and fraud. John Kapoor was taken in by handcuffs after federal agents raided his home in Arizona. He was charged with bribing doctors in the form of kickbacks to write large amounts of prescriptions of...

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