Ugly Duck
07-21-2007, 12:51 AM
Rudy Guiliani and Rush Limbaugh suffered a crushing defeat in court today:
ABINGDON, Virginia (AP) -- Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.
Designed to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroin-like high if crushed and then swallowed, snorted or injected.
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani played a central role in negotiating on behalf of Purdue with federal prosecutors
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/HEALTH/07/20/oxycontin.plea.ap/art.oxycontin.gi.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/20/oxycontin.plea.ap/index.html
ABINGDON, Virginia (AP) -- Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.
Designed to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroin-like high if crushed and then swallowed, snorted or injected.
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani played a central role in negotiating on behalf of Purdue with federal prosecutors
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/HEALTH/07/20/oxycontin.plea.ap/art.oxycontin.gi.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/20/oxycontin.plea.ap/index.html