Posted on 05/10/2021 8:46:15 AM PDT by Mariner
OxyContin is extremely dangerous, and unless an individual requires immediate relief from extreme pain—say, from a horrific accident, medical procedure, or disease—it’s best avoided. Like its legion of prescription opioid brethren, it is, in effect, heroin in pill form. And yet thanks to the efforts of the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma and the corporations that followed its lead, OxyContin is now consumed by millions of citizens who are addicted to it, and die from it, just like any other deadly narcotic. No matter Purdue’s protestations to the contrary, this so-called miracle drug has spawned a ghastly opioid crisis that from 2000 to 2019 caused 487,842 overdose deaths in America.
And as Alex Gibney’s latest documentary contends, this wasn’t an unfortunate side effect of a vitally needed treatment. It was a deliberate and dastardly crime, carried out in the name of profit.
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“Mariner doesn’t know WTF he’s yammering about.”
On what was I incorrect?
“μ, δ, κ >>> GABA. Educate yourself. “
Make a point.
Exactly, and what is fueling drug addiction is the illegal stuff coming from Mexico and China. So-called big pharma has saved millions of lives and made many other lives better.
Indeed everyone know when the tipping point is nearing with anything.
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