HarrisMartin Interview with Dr. David A. Marley, PharmD., on Oxycontin Dependence and Addiction

photo-2 Dr. Marley is the founder and executive director of the North Carolina Pharmacist Recovery Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to the early identification and treatment of impaired pharmacists in North Carolina. Dr. Marley also holds faculty positions at the UNC-Chapel Hill and Campbell University Schools of Pharmacy and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Marley is currently working as a consultant for Purdue Pharma.

HM: When Oxycontin was approved by the FDA in 1995, it was hailed as a miracle drug for those who suffered from chronic pain. In your opinion, what makes the …