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Re:Drug firms poured 780M painkillers into WV amid rise of o... by Pigo on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:44AM (#13211667)
Sometimes I think there will be movies like 'Blow' in 20 years that will be about the wild west times of prescription drugs, and the kingpins who had houses filled with money from the proceeds.
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Re:Drug firms poured 780M painkillers into WV amid rise of o... by blawson on Monday December 19, 2016 @10:01AM (#13211771)
There is already a pretty good book on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True-Americas-Opiate-Epidem...

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Re:Drug firms poured 780M painkillers into WV amid rise of o... by Pigo on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:56PM (#13213925)
I will try to give it a look through. For me, it's hard to absorb material so depressing and discouraging as this appears to be.
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