and from my mind you are nothing but a small piece of data on my computer screen
and from my mind you are nothing but a small piece of data on my computer screen
The top twenty pharmaceutical companies and their two trade groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Industry Organization, lobbied on at least 1,600 pieces of legislation between 1998 and 2004. According to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, pharmaceutical companies spent $900 million on lobbying between 1998 and 2005, more than any other industry. During the same period, they donated $89.9 million to federal candidates and political parties, giving approximately three times as much to Republicans as to Democrats.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_lobby#cite_note-0[/sup]According to the Center for Public Integrity, from January 2005 through June 2006 alone, the pharmaceutical industry spent approximately $182 million on Federal lobbying.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_lobby#cite_note-1[/sup]The industry has 1,274 registered lobbyists in Washington D.C.
These parasites pay doctors to prescribe their drugs, many of which are harmful and addictive.
OxyContin is the brand name of a time-release formula of oxycodone produced by the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OxyContin#cite_note-GAO2003-35[/sup] It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1995 and first introduced to the U.S. market in 1996.[sup][[/sup]By 2001, OxyContin was the best-selling non-generic narcotic pain reliever in the U.S.; 2008 sales in the U.S. totaled $2.5 billion.
This $#$@ is the strongest painkiller out there and it's the best-selling as well? Hmmm. It's just disgusting how easy it is to get prescribed these drugs. Watch the Vanguard episode called "OxyContin Express" on Hulu. Florida has the biggest problem because they have these "Pain Clinics" where you just need to have a resident doctor and they hand out pain killers, Xanax and basically any RX you want as long as you pay.
The top twenty pharmaceutical companies and their two trade groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Biotechnology Industry Organization, lobbied on at least 1,600 pieces of legislation between 1998 and 2004. According to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, pharmaceutical companies spent $900 million on lobbying between 1998 and 2005, more than any other industry. During the same period, they donated $89.9 million to federal candidates and political parties, giving approximately three times as much to Republicans as to Democrats.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_lobby#cite_note-0[/sup]According to the Center for Public Integrity, from January 2005 through June 2006 alone, the pharmaceutical industry spent approximately $182 million on Federal lobbying.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_lobby#cite_note-1[/sup]The industry has 1,274 registered lobbyists in Washington D.C.
These parasites pay doctors to prescribe their drugs, many of which are harmful and addictive.
OxyContin is the brand name of a time-release formula of oxycodone produced by the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma.[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OxyContin#cite_note-GAO2003-35[/sup] It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1995 and first introduced to the U.S. market in 1996.[sup][[/sup]By 2001, OxyContin was the best-selling non-generic narcotic pain reliever in the U.S.; 2008 sales in the U.S. totaled $2.5 billion.
This $#$@ is the strongest painkiller out there and it's the best-selling as well? Hmmm. It's just disgusting how easy it is to get prescribed these drugs. Watch the Vanguard episode called "OxyContin Express" on Hulu. Florida has the biggest problem because they have these "Pain Clinics" where you just need to have a resident doctor and they hand out pain killers, Xanax and basically any RX you want as long as you pay.
