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Save the Michaels, ARPO, Other Advocacy Groups Protest FDA Failure to Protect Americans from Painkillers

The protest sponsors seek to compel the FDA to review the current labeling of prescription opioids...

(CHICAGO PR.com) - Consumer advocacy groups will stage a protest at the FDA’s White Oak campus in Maryland Monday.

They're targeting FDA’s failure to protect Americans from harms associated with prescription painkillers.

Alabama State Bar President Honors Salem-News Investigative Reporter Marianne Skolek

Alabama bar president pays tribute to the efforts and spirit of our writer Marianne Skolek, who works tirelessly to expose the real motivations and stark realities of big pharmaceutical giants like Purdue Pharma.

(BIRMINGHAM, AL) - The video below is from the JUST Story series with Phillip W. McCallum, President-Elect of the state bar in Alabama.

In this installment, Mr. McCallum pays tribute to the efforts and spirit of our writer Marianne Skolek, who works tirelessly to expose the real motivations and stark realities of big pharmaceutical giants like Purdue Pharma.

Part 2 - Partnership for a Drug Free America.org AKA Partnership at a Drug Free America.org

Where is their outrage at Clinical Trials of OxyContin on Children ages 6 to 16?

(MYRTLE BEACH SC) - Since there is confusion on the actual name of this organization, I will refer to them as "Partnership" in this article until they make the necessary corrections on the Internet to end any further misinformation on their part.

In July, 'Partnership' pubslished, 'Maker of OxyContin Plans to Study the Painkiller in Children'.

It`s Time for Partnership for a Drug Free America.org to Show us the Money and Save Our Kids` Lives!

Michael's doctor assured Avi that his son "needed" these painkillers...

(MYRTLE BEACH SC) - I have been writing about a man named Avi Israel from Buffalo, NY. His son, Michael died last year at the age of 20 - suicide. Michael had been prescribed addictive painkillers for his medical condition.

When he realized that he was addicted, he went to his dad and asked for help. Avi first approached Michael's doctor who assured Avi that Michael "needed" these painkillers.

Walgreens, OxyContin Profits, Ethical Responsibility and the DEA

Shame on you Walgreens -- you are no better than the pill mills operating in Florida that are destroying lives every day.

(MYRTLE BEACH SC) - Recently the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) accused the pharmacy chain, Walgreens with "endangering public safety" and prevented Walgreens from shipping OxyContin and other dangerous painkillers from their Jupiter, Florida distribution center.

Taking the Battle Against OxyContin to America`s Streets

"Be the change that you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - When I began my work ten years ago at exposing Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin for their criminal marketing of OxyContin, I was adamant about certain things that I felt I needed to accomplish.

Most of them I have accomplished -- testifying against the pharmaceutical company in Virginia when they admitted they lied about the dangers of OxyContin, pleaded guilty and were sentenced.

`Viewing Pain as a Disease` - a Prescription for Disaster ?

'A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.' - Mark Twain

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Scott M. Fishman, MD author of "Responsible Opioid Prescribing - A Physician's Guide" is under U.S. Senate investigation as is his book.

The book was sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and funded pain foundations who are also under Senate investigation for possible ties to the deep pockets of pharmaceutical companies...

Opioid Use: When is Enough Really Enough Dr. Webster?

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it." Martin Luther King

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Last week I wrote about Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing petitioning the FDA for stricter guidelines in prescribing opioids for pain.

Lynn Webster, MD Attempts to Discredit Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing

“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.” - Daniel Webster, author and orator

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Responds to Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) Citizen Petition to the FDA limiting prescribing addictive opioids for long-term non-cancer pain.

Doctor Under Senate Investigation Lashes Out at Journalist

Perry Fine, MD accuses me of "really really bad journalism" -- but I'm not the one who is under investigation by the U.S. Senate...

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - As a background to this article, there is a U.S. Senate investigation of the pharmaceutical industry focusing on companies such as the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma.

The Senate is investigating their funded pain organizations and physicians who advocate the use of addictive painkillers and possibly profiting from the prescription drug epidemic.