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Free gas offer stank, says Attorney General’s Office

Vancouver car dealer to refund consumers burned by misleading contest

OLYMPIA – Gas vouchers were a hot promotional tool last year, used to lure potential customers to dealerships, furniture stores and seminars. But as gas prices rose, so did the number of consumers fuming about these so-called free fill-ups. A Vancouver, Wash., car dealer must now reimburse customers who responded to one such promotion that the Washington Attorney General’s Office says was deceptive.

Pfizer Inc. to pay $2.3 billion in historic Medicaid fraud settlement

OLYMPIA… Attorney General McKenna today joined with other states and the federal government to announce a $2.3 billion settlement with Pfizer Inc. to settle civil and criminal allegations that Pfizer and its subsidiaries paid kickbacks and engaged in "off-label" marketing campaigns that improperly promoted numerous drugs that Pfizer manufactures.   "Off-label" refers to uses that have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The hidden danger of powerful pain pills

The following was published in the Everett Herald on August 27, 2009.

By Rob McKenna, Washington State Attorney General

Their stories are devastating: A Bothell couple whose 17-year-old son lost his life to a toxic combination of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, a Mukilteo parent whose high-schooler’s fatal addiction started when he smoked OxyContin, and a Seattle physician whose 24-year-old son died from an overdose of Oxycodone and cocaine.

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