Study Shows Drug Company Marketing Has Led to More Overdose Deaths, According to Criminal Justice Expert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE One of the biggest villains in the increase in opioid addiction and overdose deaths is the aggressive marketing of the drug companies, according to criminal justice expert Paul Brakke, who has published seven books on criminal justice with...How Drug Companies Have Fueled the Opioid Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Commonly, the widely-recognized opioid crisis is blamed on drug dealers, including illegal immigrants who are bringing in drugs across the border. But among the biggest villains are the manufacturers of these drugs. They have greatly contributed...Criminal Justice Expert Hails Opioid Crisis Act of 2018
In all of the turmoil over investigations about Russian influence in U.S. elections and the attention paid to the bipartisan sentence reform act, another act passed by Congress has gone relatively unnoticed. However, according to criminal justice expert Paul Brakke, Congress’ recent passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 (OCRA) in October is an important step in combating the growing opioid use disorder which now has its own acronym – OUD.