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Salem-News.com (Jan-30-2011 00:51)

Monsanto Executive Appointed to High Level Position in the FDA

Monsanto gave us Agent Orange, Aspartame and Cancer Causing Additives in our Food Supply -

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Monsanto In 2010, Veterans Today published a story about Michael R. Taylor's appointment as Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA.

Taylor is a former top executive (VP Public Policy), attorney and lobbyist with Monsanto and has had prior positions with law firms, the USDA and the FDA.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-17-2011 13:28)

FDA Implements Changes for Acetaminophen, What About Oxycontin?

"I never give them hell -- I just tell the truth -- and they think it's hell" - Harry S. Truman

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Dangerous pills On 13 January 2011, the FDA announced that it is asking manufacturers of prescription acetaminophen combination products to limit the maximum amount of acetaminophen in these products to 325 mg per tablet, capsule, or other dosage unit.

The FDA believes that limiting the amount of acetaminophen per tablet, capsule, or other dosage unit in prescription products will reduce the risk of severe liver injury from acetaminophen overdosing...

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Salem-News.com (Jan-10-2011 01:01)

University of Toronto Kicks Purdue Pharma out of Pain Class

Medical students at the University of Toronto were provided a book on managing chronic pain that was funded and copyrighted by the maker of the highly addictive narcotic, OxyContin - Purdue Pharma

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - St. Michael's Hospital The drug industry's perceived role in a pain management course for medical students at the the University of Toronto, has led to a complaint, and a revamp in the school's pain management course curriculum.

The complaint led to a recent informal inquiry. A student brought the matter forward, along with two physicians in the faculty of medicine at the University of Toronto.

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Salem-News.com (Jan-03-2011 01:14)

OxyContin Crisis in Ohio, Maine and Vermont

Maine and Vermont top on Painkiller Addiction List in the Country!

(MYRTLE BEACH S.C.) - Oxycontin A new federal study says Maine and Vermont top the national list for treatment rates for painkiller addiction.

A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says Vermont ranks behind only Maine in terms of admission rates per capita for those seeking help kicking addictions to prescription opiates such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. Oxycodone is known by the brand name OxyContin.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-24-2010 13:16)

Merry Christmas Kids from Purdue Pharma, Maker of OxyContin

The maker of OxyContin -- the ones who lied about the addictive and abusive qualities of the drug -- now want to reach out and "help".

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Melissa Gilbert The Partnership for a Drug Free America launched a new Website offering resources for those seeking help for their kids and teenagers who are struggling with addiction.

Initially one would think the "Time to Get Help" Website was very informative and helpful to parents until the sponsorship of the website is named -- Purdue Pharma -- along with an anonymous donor...

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Salem-News.com (Dec-12-2010 14:21)

OxyContin Addiction in Ontario Canada, as in Many Other Places, is Increasing

"If you don't like the way the world is you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time" - Marian Wright Edelman

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Oxycontin cry for help Nearly five hundred deaths in five years have been attributed to OxyContin addiction in Ontario, reported the Toronto Star.

In 2009 OxyContin addiction in Ontario increased because prescribing doctors had no online access to what other OxyContin prescriptions had been made out for a person and prescriptions were easily forged.

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Salem-News.com (Nov-22-2010 13:35)

Wrong Answer Dr. Jenkins!

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - John Jenkins, M.D., director, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), FDA I was invited - as credentialed media - to participate in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) media briefing on November 19, 2010 to discuss a "drug safety issue".

A controversial painkiller Darvocet or Darvon as well as other brand/generic drugs containing propoxyphene was being pulled by the FDA due to dangerous cardiac side effects. New proof of heart side effects in studies of healthy people taking normal doses of the drug prompted the FDA to act.

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Salem-News.com (Nov-14-2010 00:22)

Connecticut`s Grave Mistake: Honoring Purdue Pharma for Safety

Purdue Pharma: convicted criminals responsible not only for the deaths of our youth, but the destruction of families throughout the U.S. and Canada.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - OxyContin victims Parents from all over the country and Canada called Governor Rell's offic to express their outrage at Purdue Pharma being honored with an award for "keeping youth safe" in Connecticut.

I thought it appropriate to call to hear for myself how bereaved parents were being treated by the governor's staff.

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Salem-News.com (Nov-06-2010 18:37)

Connecticut Rewards Purdue Pharma for Keeping `Youth Safe`

Connecticut awards criminally convicted Purdue Pharma; True Definition of the Word "Irony" -- Purdue Pharma honored for drug prevention efforts -- in keeping "youth safe"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Lt. Governor Michael Fedele As hard a pill as it is to swallow, the criminals at Purdue Pharma were recently honored for their strong commitment to keeping Connecticut’s youth "safe, successful and drug-free."

Purdue received the award at the 20th Annual Governor’s Luncheon in Farmington, CT.

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Salem-News.com (Oct-25-2010 21:04)

Drug Issues Plague Attorney General Jack Conway of Kentucky`s Bid for U.S. Senate

“Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but I say, “Where there’s love there’s liars” - Oh, The Story! lyrics

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Kentucky AG Jack Conway I have written two articles about Kentucky AG Jack Conway accepting a $50,000 check from the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators.

I had a problem with Conway taking money from a group funded by Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, a company the state of Kentucky was suing for the devastation caused by OxyContin in deaths and addictions.

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Marianne Skolek of Salem-News.com

Marianne Skolek - USA / Canada

Salem-News.com Investigative Reporter

Email: Marianneskolek@aol.com

Marianne Skolek is an Investigative Reporter focusing on the Prescription Opioid/Heroin Epidemic in the U.S. and Canada. In particular, Marianne has covered the criminal marketing of OxyContin going back to 1999 and continuing to the present.

In 2002, Marianne lost her daughter, Jill to prescribed OxyContin which her physician referred to as "mobility in a bottle." It was, in fact, death in a bottle. After doing extensive research on the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Marianne began working with the Department of Justice in Virginia in their criminal investigation into Purdue Pharma and in July 2007 was asked by the U.S. Attorney John Brownlee prosecuting the case to testify against the three CEO's of Purdue Pharma, Michael Friedman, Paul Goldenheim, MD and Howard Udell, Chief Counsel. The CEO's pleaded guilty to misleading the medical profession about the dangers of OxyContin. Marianne also testified against Purdue Pharma at a Judiciary Hearing of the U.S. Senate in July 2007.

In addition, a dangerous and highly addictive opioid named Zohydro has been approved by the FDA against their Advisory Committee's advice and Marianne continues to alert Attorneys General, Senators and Congressmen as to the FDA's irresponsibility in the out of control prescription opioid/heroin epidemic killing and addicting in the tens of thousands each year. Zohydro has been referred to as "heroin in a capsule" and its lowest dosage (10mg) contains twice as much hydrocodone as found in a Vicodin pill. The highest single dose of Zohydro contains as much hydrocodone as 5 to 10 tablets of Vicodin or Lortab. Zohydro mixed with alcohol can be fatal and has no abuse deterrent built in which will make it easy to crush and deliver a fatal dose of the opioid.

Currently Marianne has been instrumental in calling for the termination of Margaret Hamburg, MD, Commissioner of the FDA as well as Bob A. Rappaport, MD and Douglas Throckmorton, MD for their lack of commitment to safeguarding the American public against the prescription opioid/heroin epidemic. Marianne's research, writing and contact with government agencies and attorneys has also exposed the heavily funded pain foundations set up by the pharmaceutical industry and their paid physician spokespersons who convinced the medical boards in 50 states and Canada that dangerous opioids such as OxyContin were less likely to be addictive. These physicians -- in particular Scott Fishman, MD, J. David Haddox, DDS, MD, Perry Fine, MD, Lynn R. Webster, MD, Russell Portenoy, MD also downplayed the risks of addictive opioids in books as authors. These books are still available for sale and promoted to the medical profession.

Here are links to Marianne's involvement in exposing the national conspiracy of the prescription opioid/heroin epidemic, the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry, their pain foundations and paid physician spokespersons.

JUST Story: Phillip W. McCallum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmPG1VjD61U&list=UUWoHUEr4ZAbQOfIqtOArjgg&index=6&feature=plcp

"Learn to Cope": https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=855537227796352&set=vb.658186307531446&type=2&theater

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