News Room
CAVO Launches New Website
The Coalition to Assist the Victims of OxyContin (CAVO) launched a website at www.oxyconned.org to publicize their efforts and share information.(August 11, 2004) CAVO Urges Caution in Easing OxyContin Access
Citing an alarming GAO report, CAVO urged lawmakers to be cautious while developing legislation to control access to OxyContin.(June 17, 2004) Congressional Hearing Does Not Spotlight Victims
The U.S. House Committee on Government Reform will be holding a hearing on prescription drug abuse that invites government agencies, drug companies and the medical community — but not addiction victims.(February 8, 2004)
- August 6, 2004, Nashville Tennessean
Singer Mindy McCready Arrested
Country recording artist Mindy McCready — who had a No.1 hit with her 1996 single, "Guys Do It All the Time" — was arrested yesterday after she presented a fraudulent prescription for OxyContin, a potent painkiller often used as a heroin substitute, to a pharmacy. - August 1, 2004, New York Times)
Blocking Medical Product Suits (editorial)
It is disheartening that the Bush administration has been intervening in court to block lawsuits filed by people seeking compensation from manufacturers for harm allegedly caused by drugs or medical devices. If the Bush administration's campaign proves broadly successful, people injured by drugs or medical devices may be left without legal recourse, no matter how just their complaints. - July 25, 2004, New York Times
Bush Blocks Medical Suits
The Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs. But Representative Maurice D. Hinchey said the administration is "seeking to protect drug companies instead of the public."
