BY MARGARIDA JORGE
Prescription opioid overdoses have claimed more than 200,000 lives in the United States over the last decade, ravaging countless towns and cities and emerging as a case study for some of the worst corporate abuse in years.
Access to Medicines Broadcast with Margarida Jorge
In the U.S., the battle over drug prices is heating up to confront corporate greed and pay-to-play politics. We examine how audacious organizing and morally-centered messaging proved victorious decades ago and holds promise for building a movement to liberate us from living at pharma’s mercy.
BY MARGARIDA JORGE
This week, the Trump administration announced plans to allow Americans to access lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada at some point in the future. Although importing cheaper drugs is a step in the right direction, it does nothing to solve the crisis that millions of Americans struggling to afford the prescription medicine are facing right now.