Jack's Votes
At the very same time as he was profiting off of the opioid industry, Ciattarelli was voting repeatedly to authorize more medical providers to prescribe medication, including opioids.
At the very same time as he was profiting off of the opioid industry, Ciattarelli was voting repeatedly to authorize more medical providers to prescribe medication, including opioids.
Jack Ciattarelli loves to talk about his small business chops, but it was no mom-and-pop shop. Jack made millions publishing the opioid companies' misinformation, fanning the flames of the epidemic even after the devastating effects had been made public. New documents made public as a condition of national opioid litigation settlements reveal that his company’s role in pushing opioids was greater than previously known.
Scroll down to learn about how Jack’s company was paid over $3 million by the opioid companies to create propaganda for doctors to push pills on patients, including an article concluding that “the risk of opioid misuse is low.” Read about how he was paid by an opioid-maker to create an app for patients to “coach” them on how to obtain an opioid prescription. Keep going, to learn about how Jack voted in the Assembly to allow more medical providers to prescribe medication, including opioids. And finally, read about the consequences in New Jersey — including the friends, family, and neighbors we lost.
propaganda pushed on doctors through Continuing Medical Education
Jack's company, Galen Publishing, operating as Advanced Studies in Medicine (ASiM), was paid over $3 million by opioid companies to produce continuing medical education materials that downplayed the dangers of opioids.
Remember, doctors are required to take Continuing Medical Education courses to maintain their licenses.
Galen Publishing was paid over $3 million by opioid companies to produce materials for those continuing education courses. Galen published the content, and universities supplied the letterhead, and in exchange, received 8% of the grant money.
Remember, doctors are required to take Continuing Medical Education courses to maintain their licenses.
here's what was
in the materials
At the very same time as he was profiting off of the opioid industry, Ciattarelli was voting repeatedly to authorize more medical providers to prescribe medication, including opioids.
Jack's Votes
The Virtual Patient Coach:
A Choose Your Own Adventure Opioids App
IT WAS QUITE LITERALLY DESCRIBED AS A "CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE"
APP FOR VULNERABLE PATIENTS SEEKING OPIOIDS
Jack's company, Galen Publishing, was paid $139,000 by an opioid manufacturer to produce a "Patient Education" program that would coach patients on how to obtain a hydrocodone prescription from their healthcare provider.
The program which was initially called the "Virtual Patient Coach," and later released as "Living with Pain," armed patients with tactics and talking points to push providers to prescribe pain medication. The app took patients through different scenarios, with "interactive videos and engaging simulation" to allow patients to "role-play different scenarios to improve their skills."
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The app was produced in collaboration with the US Pain Foundation, an organization that has been exposed as a front group for the opioid industry.
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INTERNAL DOCUMENTS REVEAL THAT THE "VIRTUAL PATIENT COACH" was part of their marketing efforts for a new hydrocodone product. read their decks, emails and graphics below
At the very same time as he was profiting off of the opioid industry, Ciattarelli was voting repeatedly to authorize more medical providers to prescribe medication, including opioids.
Jack's Votes
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So who's responsible for the opioid crisis? According to Jack, it's parents
THE CONSEQUENCES
$3,000,000+
Grant money received by Galen Publishing from the opioid companies
309,796,233
Pills shipped into New Jersey by the opioid manufacturers that paid Galen
23,944
New jerseyans died of opioid overdoses between 2012 and 2024