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22 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Gonna give you an example of the type of corruption we’re dealing with in the realm of anti-opioid America: 1/?
Public Integrity is one of the oldest nonprofit investigative news organizations in the country. Don’t let the name fool you, though. Let’s look at one of their articles as an example of their reporting on the opioid epidemic: publicintegrity.org/state-politics…
This non-profit has been dedicated to writing about the dangers of rx pain meds and how opioid-makers/distributors were responsible for the overdose epidemic.

So I decided to see who was on their board. 🤔

publicintegrity.org/about/board-of…
So seeing that this board-member works for a tort litigation law firm, I searched that and look what I found:

robinskaplan.com/resources/news…

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Carrie Profile picture
21 Jun
Now we know who’s been pushing complimentary as a replacement for traditional medicine for the treatment of chronic pain. Lots of info packed into this slideshow. ihsymposium.com/wp-content/upl…
Good old Ballantyne. Emphasis on old- as in thinks pain care should be taken back to the times of outhouses and the laying on of hands….cause “that’s the best we can do”. ImageImageImageImage
I’d like just add this here, considering there is misinfo about the good ole days when patients were left to suffer….. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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27 May
1/ When I look into what’s being said in trials against opioid mfgs, I notice something we all see the result of in the form of gaslighting in pain treatment: the brain model of addx and dependence. This strategy allows addx patients to be viewed as harmed BY the intro of meds..
It reduces stigma towards the patient and shifts it onto whoever instigated the opioid treatment. It allows MDs to blame the molecule for “hijacking” the brain, while marginalizing pain patients’ reports of efficacy.
The #PainDenialist members of PROP have continually planted seeds along the way to solidify this idea that these meds only cause harm long-term, while building a gigantic mound of junk-science to prove it.
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26 May
I find it extremely misleading to promote your non-profit as a drug-free org, while accepting and PARTNERING with pharma lobbying groups. Said group is actively putting out misinfo to policy-makers to change standard of care to their drug. Looking at you @ToEndAddiction ⬇️
Voices for Non-Opioid choices. Pacira’s lobbying group. They wrote the #NOPAIN act. This isn’t to help patients, but to make their product the standard of care for post-op and beyond.
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12 May
In 2015, and throughout the last 10 yrs, Oregon AG Rosenbaum has given litigation money from opioid and drug maker litigation to : OHSU and Oregon Pain Guidance: Both employ Roger Chou. Remember how he listed no COIs? doj.state.or.us/oregon-departm…
Here’s a screen shot of right before the CDC guidelines were written where she admits giving litigation money to both groups!
And again in 2018, more money: doj.state.or.us/media-home/new…
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7 May
Paul Coelho is openly committing CMS fraud by falsely dxing patients with OUD so Suboxone will be covered. He talked about it on camera. In fact, when you hear the term “complex opioid dependence”, this is an effort to get around off-label use for pain w/a new dx. @OIGatHHS
The @ORmedicine doesn’t care that this MD calls ppl with substance use disorder “drunks” or intractable pain patients “lotus-eaters”, citing Dr Coelho is protected due to free-speech. Imagine how promoting stigma on social media harms ppl. They’re protecting an abusive MD.
player.vimeo.com/video/235087730
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28 Apr
Wonder if Gary Mendell feels good demonizing opioid pharma’s influence, while his board member Thomas McLellan sits on Indivior’s board! Price of doing business, huh
#PainProfiteers #Hypocrites yubanet.com/california/ag-…
#AndrewKolodny also sits along-side McLellan on #Shatterproof’s board. They’ve lobbied relentlessly to force the CDC guidelines into state and federal laws. This has caused irreparable harm and to this day, goes unchecked.
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