August 7, 2007
OxyContin Addiction A Very Real Threat – If You Don’t Believe It, Check Out These Photos
The lawyer representing the three Purdue Pharma executives who pled guilty to misleading the public regarding the possibility of OxyContin addiction and abuse said they were innocent bystanders.
Take a look at these photos in the New York Times. Do they look like innocent bystanders to you?
According to this article, Purdue told the public that the risk of addiction and abuse with OxyContin was lower than other painkillers like Percocet or Vicodin because of the time-release design. This claim became the “linchpin’ of the most aggressive marketing campaign ever undertaken by any pharmaceutical company for a narcotic painkiller. Within a few years, annual sales were at $1 billion.
And now they’re paying for it, although many think they’re not paying enough – a total of $34.5 million for these three guys, but a lot of people want them in jail.
Whatever and however they pay, it won’t bring the people who have died from OxyContin back to life. And it won’t fix the lives of those who have been ruined by OxyContin addiction and abuse - only drug detox and rehab will do that.
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