1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgRick Claypoolhttps://www.citizen.org/author/rickc/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rkHnxM8oA7"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/congresional-testimony-on-oxycontin-and-the-prosecution-of-purdue/">Congresional Testimony on Oxycontin and the Prosecution of Purdue</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/congresional-testimony-on-oxycontin-and-the-prosecution-of-purdue/embed/#?secret=rkHnxM8oA7" width="600" height="338" title="“Congresional Testimony on Oxycontin and the Prosecution of Purdue” — Public Citizen" data-secret="rkHnxM8oA7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Employees of Purdue orchestrated an illegal scheme to promote Oxycontin as being safer, more effective and less subject to abuse than it actually was and pushed hundreds of millions of prescriptions for the drug based on the false pretenses of their promotional campaigns.https://www.citizen.org/sites/default/files/viewimageid580.gif