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Purdue Pharma

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: HEY, PATRICK KENNEDY, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM

Written by SEAN MULKERRIN Posted March 13, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

All of which amounts to Kennedy either being a complete fraud ... or just a total dummy.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Advocates for Opioid Recovery, antidrug, Ben Cort, David Armstrong, Kevin Sabet, Ocycontin, opioid, Patrick Kennedy, Purdue Pharma, SAM, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, STAT

HARD DRUG TRUTHS: END MANDATORY MINIMUM DRUG SENTENCES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Street sales of Oxy and the resulting spike in heroin sales led to a whole new wave of nonviolent offenders sent to prison for years with mandatory minimum sentences.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, drug sentences, Heroin, incarceration, Massachusetts, Oxycontin, politicians, prison, Purdue Pharma

LET’S TALK ABOUT CHECKS: MEET THE MASSACHUSETTS POLITICIANS WHO TAKE MONEY FROM THE OXY LOBBY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 19, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

From 2005 to this year, Purdue Pharma alone spent more than $700,000 hiring four outfits to push its agenda on Beacon Hill.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Big Pharma, Charlie Baker, Governor Deval Patrick, Heroin, lobbyists, Massachusetts, new england, opiates, Oxycontin, Purdue Pharma, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, State House, Therese Murray, Tim Murray

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