TURNERS FALLS Our Lady of Peace Church at 90 Seventh St. will hold its 13th Dove of Peace Bazaar on Saturday to help community members prepare for the holiday season.The event, hosted by the church’s Women’s Group, will feature handmade crafts,.
Top officials at AmerisourceBergen sent emails disparaging those who have gotten hooked off of their products, court documents show. It is being sued by West Virginia officials.
Big Pharma execs mocked West Virginia, Kentucky as opioid overdoses soared: report Michael Ruiz
Pharmaceutical executives mocked Kentucky and West Virginia residents as Pillbillies and drug addicts as concerns in both states grew over the opioid epidemic, according to emails recently unveiled in court.
In one, they shared a song To the Tune of The Beverly Hillbillies, that included a line describing OC, the drug oxycodone, as Hillbilly Heroin.
The Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit West Virginia news outlet, reported that the emails were released by Cabell County Attorney Paull Farrell Jr. in federal court Thursday. They had been sent years ago, in 2011 and 2012, as opioid overdoses were skyrocketing.