America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy.
America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions
A recent article published in the New...
Billionaire and founder of Insys Therapeutics, Dr John Kapoor, has been arrested for his involvement in a diabolical scheme involving his company's top selling opioid drug— Subsys. Curiously, it all went down on the very same day the Trump administration declared America’s opioid crisis as a national public health emergency.
According to CBS News, Kapoor was arrested early on Thursday morning at his home in...
Last year, Alexis Bortell's book advocating the legalization of medical marijuana was published and distributed by Amazon. There's nothing especially surprising about that: activists...
Proponents of marijuana legalization have long said that legal marijuana could curb the ever-increasing abuse of opioids. Now, two new studies add powerful support...
