Settling Up: The Opioid Lawsuits
Purdue hired them to show the company how to survive and even grow richer in the teeth of the worst drug epidemic in US history – one where the company’s products played a key role. They did their job all too well.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 15, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
Purdue hired them to show the company how to survive and even grow richer in the teeth of the worst drug epidemic in US history – one where the company’s products played a key role. They did their job all too well.
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 8, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
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Somehow he contrived to approve the establishment of 36 industrial-quality black market cannabis farms on properties that had been dedicated to raising corn for traditional Native ceremonies.
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In my experience, those folks at Corporate track everything that affects their revenue and profit margins.
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And like the opioid epidemic, the virus disproportionately harmed the disadvantaged and minorities among us.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 19, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
(fines) are unlikely to be paid in the near term as the criminal fine and civil penalty are expected to be considered alongside other claims in Purdue’s bankruptcy proceedings and the company lacks necessary funds to fully repay all creditors…
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 7, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
It’s clear Purdue execs knew far more about the dangers of Oxycontin than they were willing to acknowledge. They may simply have lied about it…
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 27, 2020 | In the News, Public Health | 2 |
If you work in public health, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Now when people in need show up, whether it’s at the clinic, in the ER, or in the hospital, there are funds to help defray the cost.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 13, 2020 | In the News, Public Policy | 0 |
How do you find room for new attitudes when the old ones are still omnipresent in the background?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 10, 2020 | In the News, Public Policy | 0 |
Given that addiction by its nature puts many treatment clients into direct conflict with the law, I don’t see how we can afford to ignore these issues.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 3, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
The juxtaposition of the two accounts – raw devastation to a family on one hand, and on the other, superrich individuals with high-paid legal talent celebrating after pulling a fast one on the “system” – paints things in a harsher light.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 20, 2020 | In the News, Public Health | 0 |
…in the addiction field we continually encounter people who are very resistant to evidence. To the point where they simply cannot perceive certain facts about themselves and their lives.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 16, 2020 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
It’s likely because of all the favorable attention that hallucinogens have received in the popular media.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 6, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
In one instance, a Corporate Compliance manager came right out and advised a pharmacist that his role was to drive sales for the company. Meaning to keep pushing opioids, above all.
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