Takingg Oxycontin News Today

About how the propaganda machine works in modern america. having made billions destroying an entire generation, purdue pharma used some of the profits to pay for publicity and did they get it. at some of the p.r. budget went to nonprofits in washington. according to reporting from propublica, from 2003 until recently, purdue pharma gave $50,000 a year to the american enterprise institute. its a conservative think tank in washington, one of the richest. the money turned out to be very well spent....

Abusers. the year that article appeared, 18,000 people died of opioid overdoses, the epidemic was raging out of control. according to the expert scholar, the real public health damage comes from the campaign by zealous prosecutors and advocates to demonize the drug itself. according to aei, the real crisis was not enough americans were takingg oxycontin. this was in effect ad copy, no different from a glossy insert counting the life enhancing benefits of consumer products, in one key way it was ...

For by purdue pharma researchers. the article didnt mention that fact. it also didnt mention the fact that the piece had been coordinated directly with the drug company. emails show aei scholar who piece sent a draft of the article to purdue pharmas chief lobbyist a month before the article came out seeking his approval and making certain it didnt seem to blatantly pro purdue. in 2007, that same scholar wrote an article for "the wall street journal" entitled "oxymoron," the piece chastised purdu...