Klobuchar’s debate guests: Mothers seeking justice from Pharmaceutical industry - Shelly Elkington

29/06/2019 12 min

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Hunter Hawes sits down with Shelly Elkington, mother of Casey Jo who died tragically to opioid addiction. Shelly is a leading voice in combating the opioid epidemic. Recently she lead the citizen lobby to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable in Minnesota with the passage of the Opioid stewardship which create a council that will advise how to spend $20 million annually to combat the crisis through fees on pharmaceutical companies.

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