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Stonium
(BEE-OTCH)
09-29-04 01:57
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User Picture       Purdue Pharma Helps Police Fight OxyContin Misuse

Purdue Pharma Helps Police Fight OxyContin Misuse

9/28/2004

Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, the maker of the controversial painkiller OxyContin, is giving money to law-enforcement agencies to fight illegal use of the drug, the Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 20.

In Michigan, for example, Purdue Pharma provided the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics Team with money for an undercover purchase of OxyContin and an informant's reward. The sting resulted in the arrest of a 51-year-old woman who was selling OxyContin from her home.

In the past year, St. Joseph County has received $51,000 from Purdue Pharma to pursue crimes involving OxyContin. Since 2002, the drug maker has provided more than $1.7 million in grants to police and sheriff's departments from California to Maine.

Police officials said the money has led to an increase in arrests for OxyContin-related crimes. But others question whether the funding is ethical.

"It's outside interference into the deployment of police resources," said John Kleinig, director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

Some police officials are also concerned. "The concern is that there would be a temptation for a police department to target problems and enforce laws for which they have the resources," said Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, an umbrella group of police associations and unions.

He added if other industries adopted the same practice, "you'd have a bidding war over what laws are enforced."

Aaron Graham, Purdue Pharma's vice president of corporate security and a former agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, devised the donation plan in 2002 after police departments said they lacked the money, equipment, and manpower to investigate OxyContin-related crimes.

More than half of the grant money has been given to law-enforcement agencies in Kentucky and towns in Appalachia, where OxyContin misuse has been growing steadily. The funding has been used for community education, officer overtime, and equipment.

Graham said the company is pleased with the grant system and will continue to provide funding for prescription-drug abuse efforts.

http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C574741%2C00.html

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maj
10-05-04 11:14
      Must be for good P.R.
(Rated as: insignificant)

Marcilla
(Hive Bee)
10-08-04 19:27
No 534980
User Picture       More than that, just good business

It's more than just good PR, it's damn good business sense. They've given out $1.7M??? That is far less than 1% of Purdue's annual sales of OC. They are buying off LE. They do the same thing with the parents of kids dead from OC.

Purdue was a blip on the pharmeceutical radar hocking diuretics before OC. Now OC is a near blockbuster with sales that will likely increase for the foreseeable future. (BTW, don't they have an OC for morphine coming out soon?). Of course, with it's rise in sales has been it's rise in implications that it is this addictive superdrug of abuse which turns housewives with low back pain into street-walking smackheads.

What to do? What to do? Well apparently someone realised that perception is reality and so if they can quell the protests of their detractors, the rest of Amerika won't really give a shit and hey, aren't we all really more concerned with who was a bigger chickenshit during Vietnam anyway?

So who is going to protest? LE and victims families. So toss LE a few bucks to fight the problem and now LE wants OC legal so they can keep getting their check from Perdue. And try finding a parent of an OC OD on the web who will say something bad about Purdue. Who do you think is paying them to keep their website up and running?

See Purdue only cares about keeping OC available so that all of their non-abusing customers won't bee denied their fix. I mean medication. But those damn drug abusers have to ruin things (sales) for everyone. The ones who get caught, of course.

XXOO,

Marcilla

Ask your doctor if a free sample of prescription Xyrem is right for you.

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		Stonium (BEE-OTCH) 09-29-04 01:57 No 533689				Purdue Pharma Helps Police Fight OxyContin Misuse
						Purdue Pharma Helps Police Fight OxyContin Misuse 9/28/2004 Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, the maker of the controversial painkiller OxyContin, is giving money to law-enforcement agencies to fight illegal use of the drug, the Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 20. In Michigan, for example, Purdue Pharma provided the St. Joseph County Area Narcotics Team with money for an undercover purchase of OxyContin and an informant's reward. The sting resulted in the arrest of a 51-year-old woman who was selling OxyContin from her home. In the past year, St. Joseph County has received $51,000 from Purdue Pharma to pursue crimes involving OxyContin. Since 2002, the drug maker has provided more than $1.7 million in grants to police and sheriff's departments from California to Maine. Police officials said the money has led to an increase in arrests for OxyContin-related crimes. But others question whether the funding is ethical. "It's outside interference into the deployment of police resources," said John Kleinig, director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Some police officials are also concerned. "The concern is that there would be a temptation for a police department to target problems and enforce laws for which they have the resources," said Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, an umbrella group of police associations and unions. He added if other industries adopted the same practice, "you'd have a bidding war over what laws are enforced." Aaron Graham, Purdue Pharma's vice president of corporate security and a former agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, devised the donation plan in 2002 after police departments said they lacked the money, equipment, and manpower to investigate OxyContin-related crimes. More than half of the grant money has been given to law-enforcement agencies in Kentucky and towns in Appalachia, where OxyContin misuse has been growing steadily. The funding has been used for community education, officer overtime, and equipment. Graham said the company is pleased with the grant system and will continue to provide funding for prescription-drug abuse efforts. http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C574741%2C00.html _{Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere.}



		maj 10-05-04 11:14				Must be for good P.R. (Rated as: insignificant)



		Marcilla (Hive Bee) 10-08-04 19:27 No 534980				More than that, just good business
						It's more than just good PR, it's damn good business sense. They've given out $1.7M??? That is far less than 1% of Purdue's annual sales of OC. They are buying off LE. They do the same thing with the parents of kids dead from OC. Purdue was a blip on the pharmeceutical radar hocking diuretics before OC. Now OC is a near blockbuster with sales that will likely increase for the foreseeable future. (BTW, don't they have an OC for morphine coming out soon?). Of course, with it's rise in sales has been it's rise in implications that it is this addictive superdrug of abuse which turns housewives with low back pain into street-walking smackheads. What to do? What to do? Well apparently someone realised that perception is reality and so if they can quell the protests of their detractors, the rest of Amerika won't really give a shit and hey, aren't we all really more concerned with who was a bigger chickenshit during Vietnam anyway? So who is going to protest? LE and victims families. So toss LE a few bucks to fight the problem and now LE wants OC legal so they can keep getting their check from Perdue. And try finding a parent of an OC OD on the web who will say something bad about Purdue. Who do you think is paying them to keep their website up and running? See Purdue only cares about keeping OC available so that all of their non-abusing customers won't bee denied their fix. I mean medication. But those damn drug abusers have to ruin things (sales) for everyone. The ones who get caught, of course. XXOO, Marcilla Ask your doctor if a free sample of prescription Xyrem is right for you.

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