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Vaidehi Patel

Vaidehi is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, pursuing a degree in Economics on the premed track. Outside of the Cornell Roosevelt Institute, she is also a dancer on the South Asian competitive dance team, Cornell Bhangra, the vice president of the pre-health honor society, Alpha Epsilon Delta, involved with on-campus research, and a member of Students Against the Sexual Solicitation of Youth (SASSY).

Keeping the Big Pharma Accountable for the Opioid Epidemic

By Vaidehi Patel Published December 5, 2019

With the numerous lawsuits against big pharmaceutical companies that are underway across the country, it has become clear that the “big pharma” has had a significant part to play in the initiation and perpetuation of the opioid epidemic we face today. Thus, stricter policies against pharmaceuticals who produce and distribute opioids are part of the solution.