Early Opioid Evangelist Now Helping Plaintiffs In Return For Charges Against Him Being Dropped

Dr. Russell Portenoy spent decades of his career touting the benefits of powerful prescription painkillers. Now, Portenoy will testify that companies “overstated the benefits of chronic-opioid therapy" and “understated the risks of opioids, particularly the risk of abuse, addiction and overdose," according to a federal-court filing. In other news on the drug crisis: foster care and the epidemic, Purdue Pharma's connection to Tufts Medical School, addiction treatment, and more.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2UHor9J