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When will the U.S. Senate Investigate the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Ties to Pharma?

An FDA spokesperson was quoted as saying "We're trying our best not to point fingers" when asked for the names of the pharmaceutical companies pushing these dangerous, unauthorized versions of OxyContin.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - The FDA never disappoints me.

The big news this week coming from the FDA is that they are "cracking down" on pharmaceutical companies manufacturing and distributing "unapproved" drugs that contain Oxycodone -- also known as OxyContin in time release formula.

Senate Investigation of Pharma Doctors- It`s a Chance to Reverse National Drug Epidemic

You gotta leave the kids alone
You're acting like a child but your lookin' fully grown
You gotta leave the kids alone - (Lyrics from Leave The Kids Alone)

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - I have been writing a series of articles for Salem-News.com on some of the physicians under U.S. Senate investigation for their financial ties to the lucrative pharmaceutical industry and the resulting prescription drug epidemic.

It's something the U.S. is fighting in addiction, death and abuse.

Historic Criminal Conspiracy case against the Vatican and Crown of England in the Federal Court of Canada

Class action suit is the first of its kind.

(TORONTO, Canada) - The Association of Citizen Prosecutors and The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State announces the first class action lawsuit in Canadian history against the Vatican, the Crown of England, Canada and its churches, and big pharmaceutical companies.

Boland Amendment Redux

Boland had the right idea. It's again deja vu. Ron Paul is today's Boland. This time it's with little congressional backing.

(CHICAGO) - In 1982, the House passed the Boland Amendment. It was attached as a rider to the 1983 Defense Appropriations Act.

It cut off CIA and other covert Contra funding. Washington backed them against Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front.

Can Big Pharma`s Denial of Drug Addiction Weather a Senate Investigation?

The prescription drug epidemic appears to have financial ties to the makers of the same drugs ravaging the U.S. and Canada.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - For the past few weeks, I have been writing a series for Salem-News.com on the Senate Investigation into pharmaceutical companies, their financially funded pain societies and several physicians.

They all may be profiting lucratively into the billion dollar prescription drug epidemic affecting families in every state in the country.

Drugs: A Path of No Return

The Foundation against Drug Addiction (FDA) launched a campaign under the slogan "Drugs not only harm those who consume them”.

(MADRID, Spain) - Everything has a price. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the dangers of drugs.

It also launched another ad campaign targeted to young people of school age, with aims of warning about the dangers of drugs under the slogan: "Drugs. Are you going to play?".

Overmedicated Patients and Lateral Moves into License Plate Manufacturing

I encourage the Senate investigation of not only Dr. Fishman, and his guidebook- used as a model in the prescribing of opioids

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - A U.S. Senate investigation is looking into pharmaceutical industry ties to certain individuals and organizations financially fed by pharma.

Letters about this investigation were sent to several pharmaceutical companies including the maker of OxyContin - Purdue Pharma...

Man Gets Three Life Sentences For Simply Witnessing a Drug Deal

Mandatory minimum sentences were imposed under the regime of the late Ronald Reagan and his War on Drugs.

(SYRACUSE, NY Kulture Kritic) - Clarence Aaron went to prison in 1993, at the age of 23. He was involved in a drug deal, but was neither the buyer nor the seller.

Are Addiction and Death the FDA`s Counterproductive Prescription for Pain?

Talking heads from dozens of groups discuss, again... what is good and bad for patients suffering from pain.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - The FDA recently held a workshop to discuss the efficacy of analgesics in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain.

Several who discussed opioids in treating non-cancer pain were affiliated with the pain foundations funded by pharma.

Senate Investigation - No Obstacle for `Psuedo Addiction` Doctor at FDA Chronic Pain Workshop

"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem"
- Abraham Lincoln

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - The FDA will be hold a workshop in the coming days called "Assessment of Analgesic Treatment of Chronic Pain - A Scientific Workshop."