Drug company pushing for 6 year old kids to basically become Heroin addicts.

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http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/07/02/070212-news-oxycontin-kids-1-4/

PAINKILLERS FOR KIDS

OxyContin maker wants FDA backing to label addictive drug for 6-year-olds

By Karen Keller Monday, July 2, 2012

The maker of OxyContin is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval to label the controversial painkiller for use by children as young as 6 in a move that could serve to extend the company’s expiring patent on the lucrative drug, The Daily has learned.

Purdue Pharma has paid dozens of clinical sites around the country to document what happens when OxyContin, an addictive pharmaceutical widely abused by recreational users, is given to children.