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Ralph Abraham (R-LA)-- Far Right Congressman, Gubernatorial Candidate And Drug Pusher

Ralph Abraham is the ultimate politician scumbag. An anti-immigrant fanatic, his grandparents immigration to the U.S. from Lebanon. He studied to be a veterinarian, although he claims to be a people doctor now. He's also a Republican gubernatorial candidate who started serving in Congress in 2015, representing the very red (R+15) 5th district-- where Trump beat Hillary 63.5% to 34.1%.

Billionaire Blamed for Opioid Crisis Patents New Drug to Fight Opioid Addiction

(ANTIMEDIA) — A member of the billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which is currently the target of multiple lawsuits over its complicity in perpetuating the opioid crisis, just received rights to a patent for a drug intended to curb the opioid crisis. Dr. Richard Sackler is listed as one of six inventors of the patent, which […]

Massachusetts Sues Maker of OxyContin, Personally Naming Executives and the Sackler Family

The state of Massachusetts sued the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, which has been blamed for spawning America’s opioid crisis, naming leading executives and members of the multibillionaire Sackler family that owns the Purdue pharmaceutical company. Purdue and some other painkiller makers are currently facing more than 300 lawsuits from city and county authorities across the country. [...]