A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation’s opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate treating pain with medications, a strategy intended to boost the sale of prescription painkillers.

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From the Texas Trial Lawyers Association news release.

Grassley-Wyden report finds opioid industry figures have continued to promote treating pain with medications

The AP reports, “A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation’s opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate treating pain with medications,” and the report “from Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Wyden of Oregon found the contributions continued in recent years.” The report was based on an analysis of “financial records for 10 advocacy groups that endorsed access to powerful prescription painkillers from 2012 through 2019.”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.