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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
14 May 2007 12:03:52 PM |
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Ghouliani and the OxyContin connection |
Last week ABC News reported that a pharmaceutical company...
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/oxycontin_the_g.html
....pled guilty today to charges it misled doctors and patients about
the addiction risks of the powerful narcotic painkiller OxyContin.
Federal officials say the company, Purdue Frederick, helped to trigger
a nationwide epidemic of addiction to the time-release painkiller by
failing to give early warnings that it could be abused.
Prosecutors say "in the process scores died."
The story is of particular note because it turns out that during the
investigation into Purdue Frederick, the company was represented by
Rudy Giuliani's consulting firm, Giuliani Partners.
Not only that, but Giuliani personally lobbied Asa Hutchinson, who was
head of the DEA at the time.
According to ABC News:
Hutchinson told the Blotter on ABCNews.com today that Giuliani asked
for a meeting, "and we gave him a meeting."
Hutchinson says he was aware the company was under investigation at
the time, and "any time a company is under investigation I like to
give them a chance to make their case."
(snip)
Meier wrote that "with Giuliani now in the mix, the pace of DEA's
investigation into Purdue's OxyContin plant in New Jersey slowed as
Hutchinson repeatedly summoned division officials to his office to
explain themselves and their reasons for continuing the inquiry."
You know, something tells me that Rudy Giuliani might be getting that
all-important Rush Limbaugh endorsement any day now...
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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