Alabama's Claimed To Be Top Cop Luther Strange - Just Might Cause To Much Pain
Rickey StokesViewed: 3432
Posted by: RStokes
Date: Sep 18 2016 8:54 AM
MONTGOMERY: Just wondering out loud, will Alabama Attorney General Hit Man Matt Hart investigate this one?
Looks like the one who claims to be Alabama's Top Cop... Well you be the Judge..
FROM AL.com
Alabamians receive more prescription opioids per person than residents of any other state in the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, yet little effort has been made to restrict powerful painkillers that often lead to addiction and overdose death.
One reason for this lack of effort is a political lobbying effort that has donated more than $1 million to Alabama politicians, including almost $100,000 to Gov. Robert Bentley and more than $50,000 to Attorney General Luther Strange.
A new analysis by the Associated Press and Center for Public Integrity shows that physician groups and pharmaceutical companies often opposed to opioid regulations have sent dozens of lobbyists to Montgomery and donated more than $1 million to Alabama politicians since 2006. Political groups that typically advocate for tougher regulations on opioids have virtually no presence in the state, and have contributed nothing to Alabama politicians, according to the data.
Sandor Cheka, executive director of the Addiction Prevention Coalition in Birmingham, said his organization cannot lobby for or against legislation, but does support regulations on how physicians prescribe opioids.
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