Who profits the most from the opioid epidemic?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The opioid epidemic was based on a mistake. Have you heard of thalidomide?

Thalidomide was never approved for use because a brave woman in the FDA refused to approve it.

Opiates were approved but the use was over prescribed because pharma did not do proper education to the doctors. They lies to doctors.

Exactly. Thank you for speaking the truth.

Doctors bloody well have the education to figure these things out for themselves. Doctors have been very lazy and that has harmed many people.
Doctors (and dentists) should not need some pharma rep with a B.S. in business to explain how a drug affects people.
Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

No doubt they have plenty of guilt. But I suspect the conditions in much of the US were so rife for addiction that if OxyContin hadn't come along, something else would have.

[Anonymous]

The billionaire Sacklers responsible for their dirty dealing simply MUST be held accountable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No doubt they have plenty of guilt. But I suspect the conditions in much of the US were so rife for addiction that if OxyContin hadn't come along, something else would have.

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
NPR - 11am today will be discussing this explosive investigation with Christopher Glazek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No doubt they have plenty of guilt. But I suspect the conditions in much of the US were so rife for addiction that if OxyContin hadn't come along, something else would have.

Yes.

No. That's like saying the banks are filled with money so we should expect an epidemic of armed robberies. Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sacklers, led a sophisticated marketing campaign to target pharmacies, doctors and patients and get them started on a drug ( first month supply coupons) they knew was highly addictive. They pled guilty to fraud and paid the government a fine that consists of less than three cents on every dollar of profit they made. Three execs got off with misdemeanor charges. Thousands have died. Families have been destroyed and a street opiate trade was kicked off. Sacklers need to do time (but won't). The company needs to be bled white for what they did. Every museum and university that bears the Sackler name should remove that name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The opioid epidemic was based on a mistake. Have you heard of thalidomide?

Thalidomide was never approved for use because a brave woman in the FDA refused to approve it.

Opiates were approved but the use was over prescribed because pharma did not do proper education to the doctors. They lies to doctors.

Exactly. Thank you for speaking the truth.

Doctors bloody well have the education to figure these things out for themselves. Doctors have been very lazy and that has harmed many people.
Doctors (and dentists) should not need some pharma rep with a B.S. in business to explain how a drug affects people.
Pathetic.

You're criticizing evidence based medicine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The opioid epidemic was based on a mistake. Have you heard of thalidomide?

Thalidomide was never approved for use because a brave woman in the FDA refused to approve it.

Opiates were approved but the use was over prescribed because pharma did not do proper education to the doctors. They lies to doctors.

Exactly. Thank you for speaking the truth.

Doctors bloody well have the education to figure these things out for themselves. Doctors have been very lazy and that has harmed many people.
Doctors (and dentists) should not need some pharma rep with a B.S. in business to explain how a drug affects people.
Pathetic.

You're criticizing evidence based medicine.

DP. Would you please define that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No doubt they have plenty of guilt. But I suspect the conditions in much of the US were so rife for addiction that if OxyContin hadn't come along, something else would have.

Yes.

No. That's like saying the banks are filled with money so we should expect an epidemic of armed robberies. Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sacklers, led a sophisticated marketing campaign to target pharmacies, doctors and patients and get them started on a drug ( first month supply coupons) they knew was highly addictive. They pled guilty to fraud and paid the government a fine that consists of less than three cents on every dollar of profit they made. Three execs got off with misdemeanor charges. Thousands have died. Families have been destroyed and a street opiate trade was kicked off. Sacklers need to do time (but won't). The company needs to be bled white for what they did. Every museum and university that bears the Sackler name should remove that name.

The above poster is exactly correct. The Sacklers are shameful crooks for what they've been doing to Americans. They're largely responsible for more dead Americans than all the terrorists combined, including the 9/11 killers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No doubt they have plenty of guilt. But I suspect the conditions in much of the US were so rife for addiction that if OxyContin hadn't come along, something else would have.

Yes.

No. That's like saying the banks are filled with money so we should expect an epidemic of armed robberies. Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sacklers, led a sophisticated marketing campaign to target pharmacies, doctors and patients and get them started on a drug ( first month supply coupons) they knew was highly addictive. They pled guilty to fraud and paid the government a fine that consists of less than three cents on every dollar of profit they made. Three execs got off with misdemeanor charges. Thousands have died. Families have been destroyed and a street opiate trade was kicked off. Sacklers need to do time (but won't). The company needs to be bled white for what they did. Every museum and university that bears the Sackler name should remove that name.

The above poster is exactly correct. The Sacklers are shameful crooks for what they've been doing to Americans. They're largely responsible for more dead Americans than all the terrorists combined, including the 9/11 killers.

+2 Read the New Yorker piece linked to above!

[Anonymous]

This whole thing gives me a huge pit in my stomach every time I think of the Sackler art gallery or I see on PBS that they have funded something.

Their money is as dirty as it gets. They're like a drug cartel.

[Anonymous]

There's an interesting podcast on how so many pills got on the street:

https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/too-many-pills/

It was broadcasted on NPR this weekend.

[Anonymous]

The opioid epidemic, explained: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/3/16079772/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdoses

How America’s opioid epidemic began
"The opioid epidemic began in the 1990s, when doctors became increasingly aware of the burdens of pain. Pharmaceutical companies saw an opportunity, and pushed doctors — with misleading marketing about the safety and efficacy of the drugs — to prescribe opioids to treat all sorts of pain. Doctors, many exhausted by dealing with difficult-to-treat pain patients, complied — in some states, writing enough prescriptions to fill a bottle of pills for each resident."

Much more in the article.

[Anonymous]

I bet the Sacklers have bankrolled tons of politicians...
on BOTH sides of the asile.
This has got to get investigated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The opioid epidemic, explained: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/3/16079772/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdoses

How America’s opioid epidemic began
"The opioid epidemic began in the 1990s, when doctors became increasingly aware of the burdens of pain. Pharmaceutical companies saw an opportunity, and pushed doctors — with misleading marketing about the safety and efficacy of the drugs — to prescribe opioids to treat all sorts of pain. Doctors, many exhausted by dealing with difficult-to-treat pain patients, complied — in some states, writing enough prescriptions to fill a bottle of pills for each resident."

Much more in the article.

As the saying goes, the road to he!! is paved with good intentions.