Big Pharma Spent $880 Million Lobbying Against State Opioid Limits

The pharmaceutical drug industry has spent exorbitant amounts of money lobbying against state laws aiming to restrict the amount of prescription opioids. The makers of prescription painkillers like OxyContin, Vicodin and fentanyl, spent $880 million on campaign contributions and lobbying initiatives from 2006 through 2015, according to the Associated Press and Center for Public Integrity. The…