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Scott Hadland
Born (1981-11-19) November 19, 1981 (age 42)
Alma materHarvard University
Washington University in St. Louis
Johns Hopkins University
McGill University
Scientific career
Fieldspediatrics, adolescent medicine, addiction medicine, opioids, pharmaceutical marketing
InstitutionsBoston Children’s Hospital
Boston Medical Center
Harvard University
WebsiteBoston University profile

Scott E. Hadland (born November 19, 1981) is a Canadian-American physician and scientist who serves as a pediatrician, and addiction specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital[1][2][3] and Harvard Medical School, where he is the Chief of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine.[4][5] He previously served as an addiction specialist at the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center.[6]

A key finding of Hadland's research has been to confirm that an increase in dollars spent on marketing from the pharmaceutical industry to American doctors was linked to mortality from opioid overdoses one year later.[7][8][9]

Research[edit]

A series of studies led by Hadland provide evidence linking the marketing of opioids directly to doctors, and the addiction epidemic in the United States. Counties where opioid manufacturers offered gifts and payments to doctors were found to have more overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers than counties where direct-to-physician marketing was less aggressive.[7][8] The pharmaceutical industry spent $39.7 million promoting opioid medications to nearly 68,000 doctors from 2013 through 2015, including meals, trips and consulting fees.[7] For every three additional payments to doctors per 100,000 people in a county, overdose deaths involving prescription opioids in that area, a year later, were 18 percent higher.

In another study, Hadland showed that doctors participating in the national Medicare program who received drug company marketing of opioids prescribed on average 9% more opioids the next year compared to those who did not receive marketing.[10] In this study, which examined marketing in 2014, Insys Therapeutics was responsible for half of all marketing dollars to doctors.[10] The marketing practices of Insys were the subject of federal investigation in which Hadland’s study was cited, and its chief executive officer, John Kapoor, was convicted by a federal jury of racketeering conspiracy.[11][12]

Hadland’s work has also examined drug company marketing of stimulant medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),[13] the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on adolescent injection drug use,[14] and treatment for teens addicted to nicotine.[15]

Hadland’s writing on various health-related topics has appeared in USA Today,[16][17] CNN[18] and Newsweek.[19] He has also appeared on CNN News to discuss COVID-19 related issues and quoted by ABC News.[20][21]

Personal life[edit]

Hadland is married and lives in Boston with his husband, Jason Vassy, and two children.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hadland's leadership expands health care access for teens and young adults". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  2. ^ "Boston doctor calls for more accessible, free COVID-19 testing". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  3. ^ "We asked 5 pediatricians every question about kids and Omicron". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. ^ a b "When it takes a village . . . and a day care . . . and a taekwondo instructor to raise a child - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  5. ^ "Harvard specialists sift damage of pandemic-era drinking". Harvard Gazette. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  6. ^ Thomas, Katie; Hsu, Tiffany (2019-08-27). "Johnson & Johnson's Brand Falters Over Its Role in the Opioid Crisis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  7. ^ a b c Hadland, Scott E.; Rivera-Aguirre, Ariadne; Marshall, Brandon D. L.; Cerdá, Magdalena (2019-01-18). "Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing of Opioid Products With Mortality From Opioid-Related Overdoses". JAMA Network Open. 2 (1): e186007. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6007. ISSN 2574-3805. PMC 6484875. PMID 30657529.
  8. ^ a b Goodnough, Abby (2019-01-18). "Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  9. ^ Kounang, Nadia (2019-01-18). "With more money spent marketing opioids, more overdose deaths followed, study says". CNN. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  10. ^ a b Hadland, Scott E.; Cerdá, Magdalena; Li, Yu; Krieger, Maxwell S.; Marshall, Brandon D. L. (2018-06-01). "Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing of Opioid Products to Physicians With Subsequent Opioid Prescribing". JAMA Internal Medicine. 178 (6): 861–863. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.1999. ISSN 2168-6106. PMC 6145750. PMID 29799955.
  11. ^ Lopez, German (2018-05-15). "Drug companies bought doctors fancy meals — and then those doctors prescribed more opioids". Vox. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  12. ^ "Founder and Former Chairman of the Board of Insys Therapeutics Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison". www.justice.gov. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  13. ^ "Drug companies marketing stimulants to doctors can impact prescribing practices, study shows". Boston Herald. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  14. ^ Earlywine, Joel J.; Hadland, Scott E.; Raifman, Julia (2020-09-25). "State-level prescription drug monitoring program mandates and adolescent injection drug use in the United States, 1995–2017: A difference-in-differences analysis". PLOS Medicine. 17 (9): e1003272. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003272. ISSN 1549-1676. PMC 7518580. PMID 32976539.
  15. ^ Cohan, Alexi (2019-09-23). "Boston hospitals' study: Docs failing kids addicted to nicotine". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  16. ^ Hadland, Dr Scott. "Back to school: Young kids need COVID testing and lots of it. Why is it so hard to get?". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  17. ^ Hadland, Dr Scott E. "Don't let George Floyd's substance use muddy the facts in Derek Chauvin trial: Addiction doctor". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  18. ^ "Opinion: The other health crisis the stimulus package will help". CNN. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  19. ^ "How the Child Tax Credit can break cycles of addiction | Opinion". Newsweek. 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  20. ^ New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar : CNNW : August 13, 2021 2:59am-4:00am PDT, CNNW, 2021-08-13, retrieved 2022-07-09{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ^ Rothstein, Kevin (2022-05-02). "Mother's warning about fentanyl and teens". WCVB. Retrieved 2022-07-09.

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