Purdue pharma markets OxyContin (highly addictive narcotic) as less prone to addiction, lies to Congress, & continues to create crisis in addiction and death. Those responsible for opioid crisis (how many deaths?) let off w slap on the wrist. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
Meanwhile street levels dealers go to prison. If low level offenders (disproportionately black) are going to prison so should the corporate executives who created the problem in the first place.
Those who are politically connected (corporations like Purdue) are protected from accountability and people suffer as a result. They buy influence and outcomes through lobbying, PAC contributions and sympathetic political appointees.
It’s pharmaceutical corporations vs. people (high prices & no accountability). Private prison corporations vs people (mandatory minimums). Internet service corporations vs people (ending net neutrality). Baby formula corporations vs people (UN resolution on breastfeeding).
We all have to pick a side. I pick people. That’s why we’re not taking a dime from PACs or corporations. That’s why we’re showing up everywhere, all 254 counties, listening to and standing up for everyone. All people, all the time.
