It appears that the presence of other drugs in the fentanyl and heroin currently flooding our streets has made naloxone, the opioid antagonist that is our primary weapon against OD fatalities, far less likely to be effective.
Although fentanyl overdoses are attracting the bulk of the public’s attention, any counselor or healthcare professional will tell you that opioids are only part of what we think of as ‘the drug problem’.
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…in its first two years (of the revised drug abuse policy), no MLB player has come up positive for opioids.
If you work in addictions, you might find that hard to swallow.
Juries are less interested in subtle legal distinctions than a judge can be.
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If so many players were involved, how can drug makers bear primary responsibility? Even if to the layperson’s mind, they richly deserve it.
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…they’ll argue that since the doctors wrote the prescriptions, there’s no way the pharmacists could be expected to refuse them.
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It’s a strategy we’ve seen employed again and again in recent years – total denial of responsibility as a first line of defense, not the last.
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“Holy crap! What happened?” the public demands. Followed by “Who’s to blame?” Not us, insist the makers and distributors.
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It’s the opposite of transparency, and greatly limits opportunities to improve the system, so as to reduce the risk of future boondoggles.
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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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In my experience, those folks at Corporate track everything that affects their revenue and profit margins.
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(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…
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