U.S., Canada Join Forces to Fight Zohydro (Heroin in a Capsule) Before Deaths, Addiction and Abuse Soars!
Apr-21-2014
Get Prescription Drugs Off The Street (GPDOTS) wishes to express our concern at the possibility of a new high-dose, extended-release opioid, Zohydro (hydrocodone bitartrate) coming to Canada’s market.
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(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - On Tuesday, April 29 at 11:30 a.m. a rally will be held at the Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts to draw attention to the FDA's approval of Zohydro. The rally is being organized by Joanne Peterson, Founder and Executive Director of Learn to Cope. (Their website is http://www.learn2cope.org/). Former Senator Steve Tolman now President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the voice of over 400,000 union members will be a speaker at the rally.
For more information on the rally, go to Massachusetts Says No to Zohydro in Facebook.
On Sunday, September 28 the 2nd Annual FED UP! Rally will be held from 1 - 3 pm on the Mall in Washington, DC. They will be calling attention to the dangers of Zohydro as well as the opioid and heroin epidemic in the U.S. and Canada. See their flyer provided in this article for details on the rally.
Below is a letter sent to the Minister of Health in Ottawa, Canada by an organization called Get Prescription Drugs Off The Street (GPDOTS). Their contact information is below the letter:
