During his time in Congress, Mr. Stupak sponsored legislation that effectively banned online prescriptions of controlled substances after the death of Ryan Haight, a California teenager who died from an overdose of opioids he obtained from a website.
Mr. Stupak is now lobbying to permanently extend COVID-19 pandemic-era rules that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances through telehealth.
The lobbying firm employing Mr. Stupak has been paid $150,000 by Done Global, an online telehealth company specializing in treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with prescription stimulants, according to Bloomberg.
The former congressman’s lobbying campaign comes as the American Hospital Association asked the Drug Enforcement Administration to clarify COVID-19 pandemic-era online telehealth rules.
