Cinde Warmington on Drugs

	Cinde Warmington on Drugs

Worked as lobbyist and advocate for OxyContin

Warmington, a Concord resident, has served two terms as the Executive Council representative for District 2. The healthcare advocate and lawyer is the only Democrat on the council.

[One voter] explained why he voted for Craig over Warmington because of her past relationship with Purdue Pharma and her advocacy for the drug, OxyContin."Cindy Warmington seemed like a pretty decent person, but taking on all that fentanyl money, or Oxy(Contin) money, okay, that's what really killed it for me," he said. [Warmington worked as a lobbyist, including advocating for OxyContin].

[A supporter] said she admires how Warmington has been able to forge relationships across ideological lines during her time on the Executive Council. "That work will serve her well as governor. With these good relationships, she will be able to get going right out of the gate."

Source: Concord Monitor on 2024 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race , Sep 10, 2024

Cannabis should be legalized, regulated, and taxed

Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022: Q: Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?

A: "Cannabis should be legalized, regulated, and taxed to ensure - particularly in response to the current safety concerns about contaminated cannabis products throughout the state."

Source: Citizens Count on 2024 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race , Dec 10, 2023

Fund treatment programs, support law enforcement

Warmington said she would address the sources of the opioid epidemic by integrating more mental health resources into public schools to address adverse childhood experiences, which can be triggers that may lead to drug use. She would continue funding harm reduction and treatment programs, paying for the availability of medication-assisted treatment, and supporting law enforcement efforts to curb drugs. "This is very, very near and dear to my heart," she said. Source: N.H. Bulletin on 2024 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race , Sep 19, 2023

Was lobbyist for Purdue in 2002; defended Oxycontin

By 2002, it was abundantly clear the opioid painkiller Oxycontin was beginning to wreak havoc in the United States. Purdue began dispatching legions of lobbyists to defend the drug. In New Hampshire, one of those lobbyists was Cinde Warmington. Speaking before the state legislature in 2002, Warmington defended Oxycontin as a "miracle drug" with "very few side effects." "Oxycontin has been abused—it certainly has been in the press," Warmington told a state Senate committee in April 2002. Source: The Daily Beast on 2024 New Hampshire Gubernatorial race , Jul 4, 2023

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