The ultimate irony is that Christie's remarks came as he was speaking at an addiction treatment center called Daytop. The facility's CEO, James Curtain, has called marijuana "secondary" compared to opiate and heroin abuse. There is little debate over what is fueling that deadly trend: prescription pharmaceutical pain medications, especially oxycodone and Oxycontin. Purdue Pharma LP developed Oxycontin. Its main research laboratory is in New Jersey. In fact 26 of the 28 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world call N.J. home for corporate headquarters or their main labs. Big Pharma is a powerful lobby in Trenton.