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The Convicted Criminals Have Reformulated OxyContin, But is it Safer?

The United States has been involved in this epidemic of OxyContin addiction, abuse and death for well over a decade now.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Last week I was invited by the FDA to participate in a teleconference on the reformulation of the drug, OxyContin.

Two Criminals Doing Business Together

The FDA and the Health and Human Services agencies have acquired a much needed short fuse in dealing with criminals disguised as pharmaceutical companies.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - US District Judge Denny Chin on Bernie Madoff's conviction:
"Mr. Madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil."
"The breach of trust was massive."

Wonder what US District Judge Denny Chin would call KV Pharmaceuticals and Purdue Pharma -- responsible for defrauding consumers -- endangering their lives -- and in some cases causing scores of deaths.

Global 16x9: `The Bigger Picture` Premieres Saturday at 7:00 p.m. EST

"....that company (Purdue Pharma) made a shocking admission - it lied"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - A powerful story will be aired across Canada tomorrow night -- but unfortunately it will not be televised in the U.S.

It may be available in the U.S. on the Internet by going to Global TV 16x9 The Bigger Picture.

Purdue Pharma and Best Seat in the House

Purdue Pharma's gift: loved ones dead or hopelessly addicted to OxyContin.

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Purdue Pharma's April Fool's Day -- We've addicted and killed your family members by criminally marketing OxyContin -- Now we're stooping to "bathroom" advertising to cure the dreaded constipation epidemic in the U.S.

Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, recently completed "Best Seat in the House," its first online sweepstakes to raise nationwide awareness on the "life threatening" issue of constipation.

Pill Mill Doc Case Coming to Trial in Kansas Next Month

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
- Plato (427-347 B.C.)

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Wichita, Kansas newspapers are reporting that the federal trial of a Haysville doctor and his wife on charges of illegally prescribing painkillers has been reset for April 26, 2010.

The trial of Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda Schneider, a Licensed Practical Nurse who worked for him had been scheduled to start this week but lawyers asked for more time to prepare for the trial, which is expected to last two months.

The Citizens of Ohio Deserve Better in Dealing with Your Epidemic of Drugs

Gil Grissom (from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) "I tend not to believe people; they lie. The evidence never lies."

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - On February 19, I wrote an article entitled Ohio Residents Better Bar Their Windows and Hide their Daughters.

Hannibal Lecter Gets Away with Murder in Tennessee

Hannibal Lecter: Given the chance, you would deny me my life, wouldn't you?
Clarice Starling: Not your life.
Hannibal Lecter: Just my freedom. You'd take that from me...

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - A Nashville, Tennessee doctor charged in Kentucky with illegally prescribing painkillers lost his medical license for several years after fatally shooting his wife of one year and her mother after his wife filed for divorce in 1986.

AG Conway Update and Wikipedia

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. George Bernard Shaw

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - On September 10, 2009 I wrote an article entitled "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing." It involved Attorney General Jack Conway of Kentucky accepting a $50,000 check from an organization called NADDI.

A couple of weeks ago, I did an article on NADDI's ties to Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, and their conferences being held at the finest hotels in the country.

Disciplined Physicians used as `Drug Mouthpieces` by Pharmaceutical Companies

"You can't corrupt it. And you know why? Because to corrupt it, you've got to show how corrupt you really are"
-Kojak.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - The St. Petersburg Times revealed that physicians are now marketing for drug companies, and some have jaded professional pasts.

Why are physicians involved in medical malpractice lawsuits on the payroll of pharmaceutical companies as speakers to market drugs?

John Stossel and Truth, Justice and the American Way

Stossel buys the marketing ploy of a shrewd criminally convicted pharmaceutical company.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - This week John Stossel of ABC 20/20 fame, posted this a plug for his new TV show:

"People who are desperate to try different medicines and treatments run into a wall of FDA bureaucracy. People suffer and die because the government 'protects' us. It should protect us less and respect our liberty more."