Global 16x9: 'The Bigger Picture' Premieres Saturday at 7:00 p.m. EST

"....that company (Purdue Pharma) made a shocking admission - it lied"

Photo Credit: Global News

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - A powerful story will be aired across Canada tomorrow night -- but unfortunately it will not be televised in the U.S.

Marianne Skolek

It may be available in the U.S. on the Internet by going to Global TV 16x9 The Bigger Picture.

The below information is shown on the Global website.

Since Canada is suffering an epidemic of deaths and addictions due to OxyContin, hopefully word will spread through Salem-News.com to our neighbors in Canada to watch this explosive production.

Don't look for Purdue Pharma's participation in "Dying by Prescription".

They may have caused the epidemic Canada is experiencing, but rumor has it that the drug lords in 3-piece suits did not grant any interview.

Oxycontin was touted as a miracle painkiller to Canadian doctors: pain relief with few side effects and less addictive than morphine.

But soon this drug--known on the streets as ‘hillbilly heroin’ became the most prescribed drug in Canada… some say with tragic results.

16x9 tracks the king of painkillers’ fall from grace, ending in 100 families filing a lawsuit against the drug’s manufacturer.

When Oxycontin hit the market it was a big moneymaker.

Finally a drug that could relieve pain all day long, a wonderful alternative to addictive narcotic pain pills. Prescriptions for Oxycontin soared.

But it wasn't long before harrowing stories of addiction, abuse and side effects began to surface.

Oxycontin was a big money-maker for the pharmaceutical company that owned it, convincing doctors it was a safer, less addictive pain killer.

But in the US, that company made a shocking admission - it lied - purposely misleading doctors and the public all in the name of pill-popping profit.

That left claims from thousands of Americans and Canadians, hooked like drug addicts.

Read it on Global News: GlobalNews - 16:9

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Salem-News.com Reporter Marianne Skolek, is an Activist for Victims of OxyContin throughout the United States and Canada. In July 2007, she testified against Purdue Pharma in Federal Court in Virginia at the sentencing of their three CEO's who pled guilty to charges of marketing OxyContin as less likely to be addictive or abused to physicians and patients. She also testified against Purdue Pharma at a Judiciary Hearing of the U.S. Senate in July 2007. Marianne works with government agencies and private attorneys in having a voice for her daughter Jill, who died in 2002 after being prescribed OxyContin, as well as the voice for scores of victims of OxyContin. She has been involved in her work for the past 7-1/2 years and is currently working on a book that exposes Purdue Pharma for their continued criminal marketing of OxyContin.

Marianne is a nurse having graduated in 1991 as president of her graduating class. She also has a Paralegal certification. Marianne served on a Community Service Board for the Courier News, a Gannet newspaper in NJ writing articles predominantly regarding AIDS patients and their emotional issues. She was awarded a Community Service Award in 1993 by the Hunterdon County, NJ HIV/AIDS Task Force in recognition of and appreciation for the donated time, energy and love in facilitating a Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS.

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You can send Marianne an email at: mskolek@aol.com
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