Hundreds Gather Outside White House Protesting Against Opiate Painkillers
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Joe Ravi/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Hundreds, perhaps thousands of protesters gathered outside the White House on Sunday, condemning President Obama and his administration for their lack of action on regulation of opiate painkillers.
Wearing t-shirts that red “Fed Up!” and chanting, protesters backed by addiction groups and anti-painkiller-abuse advocates held signs with the images of loved ones who died from heroin addictions. Many of them, protesters said, began down that path by abusing prescription painkillers.
The group called for the resignation of Margaret Hamburg, administrator of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.
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