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nc Ia. | Land Rover Wife here...Our daughter works in the drug abuse field. She says, so may of these people that she sees now have gotten into drugs because they were hurt in and accident sport or otherwise and were put on opioids and got hooked. When their doctor would no longer subscribe opioids, they went the illegal route.
THIS TRIAL JUST STARTED TODAY!!!
The first trial against pharmaceutical companies and their role in the nation's opioid crisis began in Oklahoma on Tuesday with prosecutors blaming the corporate machines for creating 'the worst man-made public health crisis' in American history.
The case is against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, previously settled with the state for $270million to avoid going to trial.
In his opening arguments, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said the company embarked on 'a cynical, deceitful multimillion-dollar brainwashing campaign' to sell opioids as a "magic drug."
'It's time to hold them responsible for their actions,' he said, adding that it was the 'worst man-made public health crisis in American history.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7078695/Trial-Oklahomas-law...
Among the first arguments made was that for every adult in Oklahoma, there were 135 pills for every adult in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
Edited by Land Rover 6/4/2019 15:26
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Wake up and smell the meth lab!
