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Marianne Perez

Marianne Perez, Salem-News.com Investigative Reporter, is an Activist for Victims of OxyContin and Purdue Pharma throughout the United States and Canada. In July 2007, she testified against Purdue Pharma in Federal Court in Virginia at the sentencing of their three CEO's - Michael Friedman, Howard Udell and Paul Goldenheim - who pleaded guilty to charges of marketing OxyContin as less likely to be addictive or abused to physicians and patients. She also testified against Purdue Pharma at a Judiciary Hearing of the U.S. Senate in July 2007. Marianne works with government agencies and private attorneys in having a voice for her daughter Jill, who died in 2002 after being prescribed OxyContin, as well as the voice for scores of victims of OxyContin. She is currently working on a book that exposes Purdue Pharma for their continued criminal marketing of OxyContin.

Marianne is a nurse, graduated in 1991 as president of her class, and also has a Paralegal certification. Marianne served on a Community Service Board for the Courier News, a Gannet newspaper in NJ, writing articles predominantly regarding AIDS patients and their emotional issues. She was awarded a Community Service Award in 1993 by the Hunterdon County, NJ HIV/AIDS Task Force in recognition of and appreciation for the donated time, energy and love in facilitating a Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS.

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On March 9, 2020 I had a newspaper article published entitled “Gustavo Rivera, NY State Senator is Promoting “Safe Injection Sites” in your Neighborhood — Are You?” “I’m committed to this fight because of the New Yorkers who educated me. I will not buckle. I will not bend. I will …

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In preparing the review on “Vax-Unvax – Let the Science Speak”, it was important to me for people to understand — in layman’s terms — if they were being coerced by government with “fear over facts” regarding a virus that denied our health decisions and our liberties.  The information shown …

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After over 21 years of exposing and reporting on the opioid/fentanyl/harm reduction crisis killing in the hundreds of thousands, I am now convinced it was manufactured and promoted by profiteers as a weapon of mass destruction. Critics say supervised injection sites encourage drug use and bring crime to surrounding communities. …

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Many people know my wonderful husband, Lou, who is a pastor. Last night, he delivered a message at one of his churches that was very applicable to the National Day of Prayer, but also to how evil prevails today. I am very thankful to God for Lou for his courage …

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Anyone remember the late, great comedian George Carlin?  I saw him once on stage — brilliant performance.  He was known for — and received some bad press — for his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV.”  How about I introduce you to the “Seven Words/Phrases You Should Never Say …

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Joe Biden is delivering his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Since he rarely answers questions from the media and depends on an incompetent press secretary to deflect questions from the press, it will be interesting to count how many times he says the word “fentanyl.” Will open …

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“Free Speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear!” -George Orwell, Author of 1984 Why are we allowing censorship to control what we can read or view?  Facebook and Linkedin are purveyors of taking our freedoms away from us.  Now it is AT&T DirecTV canceling Newsmax …

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Michael DeLeon may not realize it, but he is “attacking” fentanyl head on and is the terminator.  Approximately ten (10) years ago, I met Michael DeLeon, founder of Steered Straight, an organization to educate youth on the dangers of drug use.  As time went on, it became evident to me that DeLeon did not just talk the talk — he …

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Over the years, I have had the privilege of forging a wonderful professional relationship with Ed Thompson, President of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Research Services, Inc.  Ed has been featured on CBS-TV 60 Minutes for his expertise on the opioid epidemic.  Opioid epidemic: Did the FDA ignite the crisis? — “60 Minutes” – …

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For several years, I have been exposing and reporting on the very dangerous agenda of the promotion of illegal drug use under the guise of “harm reduction.” Initially the term “safe injection sites” was being thrown around, but the profiteers pushing further poisoning of people with illegal drugs softened the …