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NH probes opioid drug maker on marketing, addiction

NH probes opioid drug maker on marketing, addiction

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Attorney General Joe Foster is targeting the maker of Oxycontin, a top selling prescription painkiller, with an investigation into whether it downplays the risks of addiction when marketing pain pills to doctors and other prescribers. But Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma for now is refusing to respond to a subpoena seeking documents that show how it sells and markets drugs in New Hampshire. It also is fighting New Hampshire's decision to hire a law firm to

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Attorney General Joe Foster is targeting the maker of Oxycontin, a top selling prescription painkiller, with an investigation into whether it downplays the risks of addiction when marketing pain pills to doctors and other prescribers. But Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma for now is refusing to respond to a subpoena seeking documents that show how it sells and markets drugs in New Hampshire. It also is fighting New Hampshire's decision to hire a law firm to…