Trump Appoints Pro-Opioid Doctor to be Head of FDA

This has to one of the most cynical appointments ever made.

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Newly-released financial disclosure documents show that Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Trump’s nominee to the lead the Food and Drug Administration, has received significant payments from the opioid industry — while attacking*attempts to*deter*the explosion of opioid pill mills. The FDA has some of the most*significant authority in the federal government to oversee*manufacturers*of prescription painkillers. Gottlieb is set to appear for his confirmation hearing*before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee*at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Gottlieb’s disclosure statements, required under federal law, show that since the beginning of 2016*he has received almost $45,000*in speaking fees from firms involved in the manufacture and distribution of*opioids. “Our country is in desperate need of an FDA commissioner who will take on the opioid lobby, not one who has a track record of working for it,” said Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at Brandeis University, reacting to*this information.

This is a pure stab in the back to his supporters that thought he would do something about the opioid crisis griping America.

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