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I'm going into this weekend resolved and committed to tackling the opioid crisis. I flew home to Hawaiʻi after introducing the Opioid Crisis Accountability Act, the companion bill to @BernieSanders' opioid bill. It’s time to end the opioid crisis—here’s how we’re going to do it:
Prohibit and penalize the false marketing and distribution of opioids. Companies like Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, knew about the dangerous and addictive nature of their drugs but did nothing to inform doctors, pharmacists, or the public.
Hold top company executives criminally liable for the crisis. This isn’t about escalating the so-called “War on Drugs.” It’s about restoring justice to a criminal justice system that has been out of whack punishing the wrong people for generations.
Have drug companies reimburse the cost of the crisis—$78 billion a year, according to the CDC. Multi-billion dollar profits from a prescription drug trade that results in death and human suffering should be appropriated to solve the crisis they helped create.
We can create the momentum needed to bring this tragic, expensive, and deadly opioid crisis to a halt, but we need everyone's support. Call, text, tweet—do whatever it takes to get the word out. Big Pharma is going to come at us with everything they’ve got—we need to fight back.
“The opioid epidemic: fixing a broken pharmaceutical market” by Harvard Medical School gets to the nub. Corporate crimes and regulatory accomplices. Hang em high Tulsi.
Big Picture: Big Pharma still has politicians in their pockets. Long overdue for complete overhaul
So what do you say about folks that actually NEED pain relievers like oxy? Or are we just screwed because white college kids are stealing mommys pills.
Agreed. I have friends with more advanced cases of cancer who are in serious pain who are having a hell of a time getting the meds for their pain. And there are so many other stories of the same thing. It's very frustrating.
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