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Rep. Handel says it isn’t her job to stop the opioid crisis

As opioid overdoses stack up in Georgia, as well as across the nation, Rep. Karen Handel implies she can’t help and encourages parents and community members to stop the crisis, saying that if parents lock up their drug cabinets, it will all be over. Handel says it’s parents’ and community members’ jobs to stop the opioid crisis and minimizes the role of the government and drug companies. The crazy thing is even Trump understands how

How big pharma is bankrolling the overdose epidemic in Ga.

According to a recent investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity, makers of prescription painkillers spent $880 million nationwide on campaign contributions and lobbying between 2006 and 2015. The lobbying and campaign contributions were aimed at weakening measures concerning prescription opioids, the investigation stated, “In Georgia, state lawmakers received more than $1.2 million and were lobbied each year by an average of 41 people representing drug makers and related advocacy groups.”

How Big Pharma’s money stopped medical marijuana in Georgia

Earlier this year, Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) introduced a bill that would allow Georgians who suffer from seizure disorders to be treated with cannabis oil. The bill had bipartisan support and was co-sponsored by Sen. Renee Unterman, the Republican Chairwoman of the Health & Human Services Committee. But Gov. Nathan Deal refused to offer his support when it mattered most. With strong support from 69 percent of doctors, the parents of children who suffer from