{"id":30777,"date":"2019-08-27T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?p=30777"},"modified":"2019-08-28T10:03:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:03:19","slug":"the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson &#038; Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Drug firm Johnson &amp; Johnson must pay $572m for its part in fueling Oklahoma&#8217;s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>COMMENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Beginning in the late 1990s there was a rapid increase in the use of prescription opioid drugs. By 2011 these drugs had become the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/04\/110405161906.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most prescribed class of medications<\/a>\u00a0in the United States. Chemically related to heroin, and with similar devastating effects on health, prescription opioids are highly addictive. Tragically, between 1999 and 2017,\u00a0almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/drugoverdose\/data\/prescribing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">218,000 Americans<\/a> lost their lives as a result of overdoses related to their use.<\/p>\n<p>But opioids are far from being the only pharmaceutical drugs that are highly dangerous. In fact, so hazardous is the pharmaceutical approach to medicine that it has been shown in the\u00a0Journal of the American Medical Association\u00a0(JAMA) to be the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jhsph.edu\/research\/centers-and-institutes\/johns-hopkins-primary-care-policy-center\/Publications_PDFs\/A154.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third leading cause of death in the United States<\/a>. Deaths resulting from it are exceeded only by deaths from heart disease and cancer. In a further illustration of the dangers of drugs, <a href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=187436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a> published in JAMA has estimated that in 1994 around 2,216,000 hospitalized Americans suffered a serious adverse drug reaction and that 106,000 suffered a fatal one.<\/p>\n<p>But as if these statistics alone were not bad enough, the fact is that pharmaceutical drugs don\u2019t even address the root causes of diseases. Instead, they only address the symptoms. This means patients are risking their lives taking medications that are incapable of fully preventing or curing their health problems.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, therefore, bringing an end to this public health disaster requires terminating the pharmaceutical \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2017\/08\/the-laws-of-the-pharmaceutical-industry\/\">business with disease<\/a>\u2019 and replacing it with a truly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/the-barletta-declaration\/\">preventive system of healthcare<\/a> based on nutritional and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/cellular-medicine\/\">Cellular Medicine<\/a> approaches. Simply fining drug companies while allowing them to continue profiting from death, disease and misery is not enough.<\/p>\n<a class=\"button  button_left button_size_2 button_js\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-49452373\" target=\"_blank\"    ><span class=\"button_icon\"><i class=\"icon-right-open-big\" ><\/i><\/span><span class=\"button_label\">Read article on the BBC News website (UK)<\/span><\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug firm Johnson &#038; Johnson must pay $572m for its part in fueling Oklahoma&#8217;s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson &amp; Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling - Dr. Rath Health Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson &amp; Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling - Dr. Rath Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drug firm Johnson &amp; Johnson must pay $572m for its part in fueling Oklahoma&#039;s opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dr. Rath Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-27T10:01:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-28T10:03:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr. Rath Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Rath Health Foundation\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/\",\"name\":\"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson & Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling - Dr. Rath Health Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-27T10:01:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-28T10:03:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b43bc5dec544685f62b5fa953994cc96\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson &#038; Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Rath Health Foundation\",\"description\":\"Responsibility for Health, Peace and Social Justice\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b43bc5dec544685f62b5fa953994cc96\",\"name\":\"Dr. Rath Health Foundation\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e7f644336cdf62c39d0070cc2cd3393?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e7f644336cdf62c39d0070cc2cd3393?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dr. Rath Health Foundation\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/author\/dr-rath-health-foundation\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson & Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling - Dr. Rath Health Foundation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson & Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling - Dr. Rath Health Foundation","og_description":"Drug firm Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m for its part in fueling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/","og_site_name":"Dr. Rath Health Foundation","article_published_time":"2019-08-27T10:01:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-08-28T10:03:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dr. Rath Health Foundation","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr. Rath Health Foundation","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/","name":"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson & Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling - Dr. Rath Health Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg","datePublished":"2019-08-27T10:01:15+00:00","dateModified":"2019-08-28T10:03:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b43bc5dec544685f62b5fa953994cc96"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comment1332.jpg","width":600,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2019\/08\/the-american-opioid-crisis-drug-firm-johnson-johnson-fined-in-landmark-court-ruling\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The American Opioid Crisis: Drug Firm Johnson &#038; Johnson Fined In Landmark Court Ruling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/","name":"Dr. Rath Health Foundation","description":"Responsibility for Health, Peace and Social Justice","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b43bc5dec544685f62b5fa953994cc96","name":"Dr. Rath Health Foundation","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e7f644336cdf62c39d0070cc2cd3393?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e7f644336cdf62c39d0070cc2cd3393?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dr. Rath Health Foundation"},"url":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/author\/dr-rath-health-foundation\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}