Our friend Jack Dallas joins Media Monarchy this month to talk about the deadly nexus between Big Pharma, Big Banks and the Big Guns. The explosion of pain meds created more heroin users. Why and how is this happening? The answer is complicated, but the solutions aren’t. Join us for an important conversation about how to cancel these prescriptions for pain.
Notes/Links:
Carpet of Gold or Carpet of Bombs?: U.S. Policy Towards Taliban Influenced by Oil
http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=5166
Wikipedia: Golden Crescent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Crescent
Opium Cultivation In Afghanistan, 1994-2013
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/71083000/gif/_71083774_afghan_opium_624.gif
Wikipedia: Allegations of CIA Drug Trafficking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking
Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Afghanistan Heroin Trade
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html
America’s Addiction To Opioids: Heroin And Prescription Drug Abuse
http://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/legislative-activities/testimony-to-congress/2015/americas-addiction-to-opioids-heroin-prescription-drug-abuse
How The Explosion In Prescription Painkillers Has Created More Heroin Users
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/how-the-explosion-in-prescription-painkillers-has-created-more-heroin-users/
Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli Jacked Up AIDS Pill Price By 5,000%
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/pharma-ceo-jacked-pill-price-article-1.2455809
Obama Targets Drug Abuse In West Virginia, Protesters Say ‘Legalize Marijuana Then!’
https://mediamonarchy.com/2015/10/nwnw245/
Lobbying Spending Database Pharmaceuticals/Health Products, 2015
https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=H04&year=2015
American Banks ‘High’ On Drug Money: How A Whistleblower Blew The Lid Off Wachovia-Drug Cartel Money Laundering Scheme
http://www.alternet.org/story/151135/american_banks_’high’_on_drug_money%3A_how_a_whistleblower_blew_the_lid_off_wachovia-drug_cartel_money_laundering_scheme
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