Cure for pain
 

The State of Oklahoma is engaged in a trial against Johnson & Johnson, seeking to recover damages for the company's alleged contribution to the opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma already settled for a $270M, which will hardly put a dent in the fortunes the Sackler crime family has earned over the years peddling oxycontin as "safe" even though they knew better. But J&J wanted to go to trial.

I prefer that states bring these sorts of actions instead of private parties; it removes the distortion of lawyers trying to get wealthy on 40% contingencies. I also like the fact that they are tying it before a judge, who will explain the legal reasoning behind whatever ruling he makes and who will (hopefully) be less swayed by emotions than juries can be in these types of cases.

It will be interesting to see how this ends up.

I thought for sure this was going to be another whiskey thread.

Very misleading thread title. For me, all these topics are borderline PARF and I don't like to be conned into opening a thread.

I see no connection between this topic and PARF....am I missing something?

I don't think this is political personally. Any company that blatantly misleads people should be held accountable. If J&J knew it was a high risk drug and peddled it as a low risk pain management solution, they should be held accountable.
Now, can we get back to talking about bourbon?

If you do too much of the oxy you'll probably end up seeing God... hence... religion.

It seems the drug companies are nothing but legal drug cartels. The people really are nothing but a cash crop to them.

I heard today that China (considered an adversary of the USA) supplies 80% of the chemicals and raw materials used in our medications. Chew on that for awhile.

remember that one thread about the cure for happiness, the 928 guy? that was fun.

It's my understanding, that J&J is very different than Purdue (Sackler family) in the way it is marketed, prescribed and abused. I could be wrong. The only reason J&J is being sued is because the others have settled.

NJ sues also: https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-sues-sackler-family-members-over-deceptive-opioid-marketing/

Seems to me NJ is the culprit here, lack of safeguard in the state health plan?

You felt conned? Wow. Apologies.

Where was the FDA/AMA all this time?
The swamp is extensive.

(good thread btw but parfy content)

It's political, nothing more. You have to see the connection between various legislatures around the country and the judicial process, 2 out 3 branches of GOVERNMENT.

I don't mind one bit having a discussion about this lawsuit, but 1) don't sneak this in on me as a "cure for pain." For some reason that just pissed me off like someone sold me a stolen tool, and 2) take this where it belongs because this is going to be a highly charged political discussion.

I know I can place members on Ignore but what would be as good is to be able tp place a block on a thread or general subject. Still, ol' Mad would have still fooled me.

As the infamous Joe Bob commonly said, "Bite me."

Umm... prescription. Can't be gotten on the state plan (or any other) unless prescribed.

So... back to the doctors... who are too many individuals to go after one by one by one... but the docs were told by the sales reps, etc. that it was safe.... Almost makes sense in a way.

This is nothing but a bald faced grab for cash by blood sucking shysters.

All of them get sued, the guilty ones settle to cut their losses.

I hope J+J prevails. Too bad you can't sue the FDA and have snowball's chance in hell of winning.

Oh yeah, this absolutely is a political discussion.

I still miss the Sandman...

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As someone who had lost family and saved a kid from this plague, I can state unequivocally that purdue and j& j had different corporate attitudes. Individual reps, who knows


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Me too. That guy sure could make magic with only two strings.Buena, baby!

I’m baffled why this is a political thread. Which political party is in favor of death from opiate overdoses?

Perhaps I’ll start using trigger warnings for our daintier members, like I have to do in my classes. Sheesh. Just put me on Ignore, fer chrissakes. Sorry to waste the two hours it took you to read my post.

Perhaps, but if the OK AG proves what he laid out in his opening statement, they were bad actors. But to me the more interesting issue is the extent to which they should have to pay for the negative externalities of their business, regardless of their intentions.

Cure for pain II (Safe for Zeke!)
 

Ibuprofen.