i get too irate about this to really get into it, but i just want one answer-why doesn't anheiser-busch, a company that still has shady ass policies in full effect (their largest distribution center is located right on the border of the rosebud reservation in white plains, south dakota... hmm... target audience?) have to pay out millions upon millions for alcoholism?
better yet-why is it still okay for every tom, dick, and harry with an MD in psychiatric medicine allowed to prescribe xanax or klonopin for extended periods of time? where's the justice there? how many benzo addicts do we have here, can we get a show of hands?
is it because rush limbaugh abused oxycontin that people finally paid attention to what pharma companies are doing? i sincerely hope that's not the case, but it probably is. it's funny, when johnny cash was addicted to pills, nobody gave a sh*t. when your kid becomes an addict, pharma companies could care less. the only thing they're bummed about is the fact that the adderall your son/daughter/boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/etc. is snorting is coming from the streets, not another Rx they get paid for.
UGH! please. like they give a sh*t. please, wyeth, give my boyfriend some money for every time he spaces out from his effexor... and holly, for all her "lithium moments", and my sister for her "plane fright" valium Rx...
my response to this is volatile, absolutely, but like the bumper sticker says-if you aren't OUTRAGED, you aren't paying ATTENTION.
blech.