Posted on 03/14/2017 12:15:54 PM PDT by C19fan
A city in Washington is suing a drug manufacturer over claims it let OxyContin flood the black market sparking an addiction epidemic in the community.
Everett, north of Seattle, is suing Purdue Pharma which makes the opioid pain medication.
The city, under mayor Ray Stephanson, says it has already spent millions combating OxyContin and heroin abuse after deaths from painkillers and heroin use spiked and street crimes increased.
In an unusual case, city chiefs are claiming that Purdue Pharma knowingly allowed pills to be funneled into the black market and the city of about 108,000.
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While they are at it, they should sue the drug cartels, the drug dealers and the pushers.
How can you make that claim, that they hid its addictive potency? All opioids are addictive. Even more so when abused.
Corporations and drug cartels do not make people become drug addicts, people make themselves become addicted to heroin, crack. meth or Oxycontin.
People are responsible for their own addiction.
Any addiction to a drug taken recreationally is a result of a CHOICE. It is a BEHAVIOR, not an illness. Execute the dealers and give the addicts a one-time chance at rehab. After that chance, let ‘em die in the streets for all I care.
Interesting case. Are there legal grounds to sue government officials who looked the other way when gangs were running heroin or Mexican politicians that coach criminals on how to slip into America?
The makers didn’t force anyone to take it.
they already have had to pay out six hundred million dollars. And they are disgusting because they lied about the addictive effects. They claimed the 24 Hour release pill was safe when their own study showed it was not. people still got addicted even with the 24-hour release pill.
exactly- every doctor KNEW that they were handing out addictive substance- there was no mystery- no cover up- the accusation is bogus-
The drug is very beneficial —When Prescribed— correctly- the drug maker isn’t responsible for people becoming addicted- the doctors who issued it incorrectly are responsible for ENABLING people to become addicted themselves because of irresponsibility on their part to take the drug responsibly- (granted some people with long term disabling pain must become addicted to it in order to even function in life- but hey- thems the break as they say- We deal with what we are dealt in life- and medicines should be available ot help cope with chronic pain) but the point is that people themselves have a responsibility to keep themselves from being addicted every bit as much as people; have a responsibility to keep themselves from becoming addicted to illicit drugs- noone but the user is responsible for illegal drugs ‘causing people to become addicted’ - to blame it on the pusher is ridiculous UNLESS the pusher FORCED the user against their will to take the drug in the first place- It is the user’s responsibility to keep themselves from becoming addicted-
These are powerful narcotics- le’ts not pretend that doctors were blindsided by a ‘deceitful company’ into thinking they aren’t powerful opiates
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/
In much of its promotional campaign—in literature and audiotapes for physicians, brochures and videotapes for patients, and its “Partners Against Pain” Web site—Purdue claimed that the risk of addiction from OxyContin was extremely small.
Until they need them, then they’ll holler for relief of their pain. And sue.
Man, that’s like saying cigarette companies hide how addictive cigarettes are, or alcohol manufactures hide how addictive alcohol is.
Listen, if you put addictive compounds in your body on a regular basis over an extended period of time, it is very likely that you will develop a physical dependency on that chemical.
It’s your body. You have one and only one. You are the ultimate guardian of what goes in it and what does not.
It is your responsibility, and no one else’s, to ensure that you do not become an addict at any point in your life.
It is a responsibility that many fail, including me, and if at any point you do become an addict, that does not preclude you from then becoming a former addict. You are the master of your existence.
Beyond that, there are people out there with bones riddled with cancer that need these types of drugs, and whether or not they become addicted is not a factor, because they are dying.
So let’s not ruin it for them because there are idiots out there who think snorting or shooting oxys is a good way to spend an evening.
Non-addictive opiod - a substance that simply does not exist. Not yet anyway.
Supposedly Purdue and the Sackler family have earned over $30 billion selling oxycotin. $600 MM is chump change.
[[People are responsible for their own addiction.]]
Unless they are told by a doctor that the pill is not addictive when it is- then the doctor is responsible for deceiving the patient- it is very very unlikely that doctors would be deceived into thinking an opiate is every safe to take long term- regardless of the delivery method-
People that are addicted to OxyContin are junkies, and are no different than people that are addicted to heroin, crack or meth.
They should also sue Mexico who is allowing the poppies to be grown all over the country.
“Unless they are told by a doctor that the pill is not addictive when it is- then the doctor is responsible for deceiving the patient..”
No, we are responsible for our own actions and our own addictions.
If they can show that the did indeed knowingly funnel the product into the black market, this could be yuge.
It is a wonderful drug, when used properly.
Why is it nobody wants to take responsibility for their own actions?
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