Drugmakers lie about toxicity
LAWSUITS ACCUSE OXYCONTIN MAKERS OF DOUBLE-DIPPING IN HUMAN MISERY
By DAVID KLEMENT
Executive Director, Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions

The family that owns Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions from the highly addictive opioid drug OxyContin, sought to profit from marketing products to overcome overdoses and treat addictions caused by their drug, even as the company was paying millions in penalties for misrepresenting the addictive qualities of it.

That is the astounding assertion of lawsuits filed by the attorneys general of   READ MORE

By DAVID KLEMENT
​​Who killed Yvonne Armelia Holmes? That was the question on the minds of many attendees at the screening of Fair Game: A 1960 Georgia Lynching, a documentary film presented by the Institute in March with partners Eckerd College, Legacy-56 Inc. and the SPC Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
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Yvonne was the 8-year-old victim of a brutal rape and murder in rural Blakely, Ga., in 1960. James Fair was the 24-year-old African American veteran who was falsely accused of the crime,   READ MORE

MORE SEX EDUCATION URGED AT METOO FORUM
By DAVID KLEMENT

Comprehensive sex education starting at an early age is one way to curtail sexual harassment for future generations. That was one of the few points of consensus that emerged from a lively discussion of the MeToo movement at the Institute’s March Dinner series program titled #MeToo and Men: The Case for Due Process.

Dr. Jill McCracken, Associate Professor at USF St. Petersburg, said MeToo will have succeeded if its momentum leads to age-appropriate sex education that prepares young people to know and respect boundaries and understand the meaning of consent.  READ MORE