W0W - SO ALLEGEDLY THE GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER DEALING DRUGS TO THE PRISONERS AT THE BILLERICA HOUSE OF CORRECTION!
WHAT A RELIEF!
Editor’s note: The following was submitted by the office of Medford Mayor Stephanie M. Burke:
https://medford.wickedlocal.com/news/20190213/medford-joins-fight-against-opioid-distributors
The City of Medford has entered a public nuisance lawsuit in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts against those pharmaceutical drug manufacturers, the wholesale drug distributors and others that have, “contributed to the opioid epidemic by sending millions of dollars’ worth of prescription opiates into the community.”
The lawsuit was filed against the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharmacy, as well as the largest manufacturers, distributers of prescription opioids and their related companies. The suit alleges that these manufacturers put highly addictive, dangerous opioids in the market and represented to medical providers that prospective patients would rarely succumb to drug addiction. The allegations against the distributors is based on a breach of their duties to detect and report suspicious orders of prescription opioids.
The city’s goal is to hold pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and wholesale distributors accountable for failing to do what they were charged with doing under federal law – monitor, identify and report suspicious activity in the size and frequency of opioid shipments to pharmacies and hospitals.
“We are determined to stop this epidemic from further destroying the lives of the people in our community. This lawsuit is one part of the collaborative effort that is needed by municipal, state and federal leaders along with lawmakers, doctors, law enforcement and health officials to join forces to find workable solutions,” said Mayor Stephanie M. Burke.
“Medford engages in systematic efforts to prevent first use of opioids and prevent overdose deaths by acquiring grant funding for prevention that began with establishing the Office of Prevention and Outreach with two city-funded staff to organize community efforts and outreach to our most vulnerable citizens,” added Burke. “From 2000 to 2017, 164 Medford residents lost their lives to an opioid addiction. This loss is beyond tragic because it was preventable. Parents, children, significant others and friends lost a lifetime of experiences and cherished memories. In some families this avoidable tragedy has struck more than once.”
The cost of this epidemic, including treatment, education and law enforcement continues to rise. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, in 2016, 2,069 people lost their lives due to opioid-related overdoses in the state, a 15 percent increase from the prior year.
“The Opioid Epidemic strikes without regard to income, employment, demographics or ethnicity. We are committed to ending this opioid driven epidemic, recoup the costs that the taxpayers have expended, and force those who knowingly profited to pay the costs going forward,” added Attorney Robert Bonsignore. “These legalized drug dealers have made hundreds of billions of dollars at the expense of taxpayers.”
Bonsignore PLLC is an experienced Medford law firm that has worked to hold powerful pharmaceutical industry accountable. Among other governmental entities, the Bonsignore firm also represents Fitchburg Massachusetts and 8 of 10 New Hampshire counties.
right! and if you believe that, you don't know the story of Deacon Bill!
Deacon Emerson: I was blackmailed over porn - Lowell Sun Online
www.lowellsun.com/ci_17791901
Apr 7, 2011 - MEDFORD -- William "Bill" Emerson, a popular Tewksbury church deacon,
allegedly admitted to investigators he smuggled drugs into the
Cambridge and Billerica jails because he was being blackmailed by an
inmate who threatened to expose the church leader's secret.
Mar 6, 2018 - TEWKSBURY - William R. Emerson, age 74, a lifelong servant of God and well known member of the Tewksbury community, died peacefully on ...
Mar 13, 2011 - William EmersonWilliam Emerson has been let go by the Boston Archdiocese ... Most know William Emerson as “Deacon Bill” for his role at St.
Feb 24, 2012 - William Emerson, 67, known has "Deacon Bill" to many St. William parishioners, admitted to sufficient facts on three charges of delivering drugs ...
May 5, 2011 - Uploaded by Lowell Sun
