Senator Kamala Harris Wants Probe of 'Miracle Drug' Touted by Governor Ducey
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey mentioned the anti-opiate Vivitrol prominently in his state-of-the-state address this year, saying that some call it a "miracle drug."
But U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, says aggressive marketing by the pharmaceutical company pushing the drug is anything but miraculous. She's calling for an investigation.
Arizona began administering Vivitrol, which prevents users from feeling the high of opiates, to select state prisoners in August.
In a November 6 letter to the Vivitrol's manufacturer, Alkermes, Harris wrote that the drug has been oversold to government officials and was likely overrated.
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