Salem-News.com Articles written by Marianne Skolek

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.

Two Physicians and Their Motives Leading to Financial Gain

Part 3 in a series: Curtis Wright, MD and Perry Fine, MD connected by deceit in the prescription drug epidemic killing and addicting in the U.S. and Canada.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - For those not familiar with Curtis Wright, MD, he was employed by the FDA from 1989 to October 1997, serving in multiple capacities.

My Opiate Experience

Part 2 of a series; see Part 1 here

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - "A Chronic Pain Patient" speaks out about the over-prescribing of painkillers by physicians without rambling, blaming abusers, defending their use of multiple painkillers and denying addiction.

It`s not all about `Abuse` -- Let`s tell it like it is -- It`s `Addiction` and pharma and the FDA is responsible for it

Part 1 of a series

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) have filed a Citizens Petition to the FDA putting pressure on the agency to change the labeling of Opioids.

Before the pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharma, maker of their lethal drug, OxyContin continue their marketing of the word "abuse", let's throw out the word "addiction" to them.

Wake Up FDA - Terminate the Endless Financial Benefits of Big Pharma or Resign

FDA board already committing professional suicide with their advocacy for pharma.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Michael David Israel, every parent's son whose mom and dad could not allow the senseless over-prescribing of opioids to further take our kids lives -- are heroes in every sense of the word.

Avi and Julie Israel are fighting a tireless effort to prevent further suicides of our young people when they become addicted to overly prescribed opioids.