For the best experienceDownload the Mobile App
App Store Play Store
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis
Women in Puerto Rico bear unique burdens in the opioid crisis

Published on: 02/04/2025

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

Go To Business Place

Description

By Damaly Gonzalez | Edited by Tina Vasquez

Before OxyContin hit the U.S. mainland market, the drug’s creator, Purdue Pharma, owned by the infamous Sackler family, tested the painkiller in Puerto Rico in 1989. The test subjects were 90 Puerto Rican women who consented to participate in the clinical trials while hospitalized and recovering from abdominal and gynecological surgery.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/palabra/2025/02/women-in-puerto-rico-bear-unique-burdens-in-the-opioid-crisis.html

Other Related News

05/13/2026

The waiver is a rare loosening of immigration requirements and will ease travel burdens fo...

05/13/2026

Messages will be processed in a secure environment that Meta cant access wont be saved by ...

05/13/2026

TOKYO The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white as the wa...

05/13/2026

For more information or to purchase tickets visit httpswwwthedolphinplayhousecom

Alex Murdaugh murder convictions overturned: When will his new trial happen?
Alex Murdaugh murder convictions overturned: When will his new trial happen?

05/13/2026

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a court clerk influenced the trial by suggesti...

ShoutoutGive Shoutout
500/500