Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epidemic'

Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by oculusthrift on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:33PM (#14457304)

yeah but not all the people taking them are in that sort of pain. most are just ordinary drug addicted people

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by acover on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:12AM (#14457959)

Source? From what I have read the major cause of the opioid crisis is doctors prescribing opioids for pain [0]. Even 2 week prescriptions have 25% chance of creating an addict [1]. Remember originally these were marketed to doctors as non-addictive.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_crisis

[1] - https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/with-a-10-day-supply...

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Re:Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For 'Fueling Opioid Epid... by MaysonL on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:14AM (#14458700)

And the major cause of doctors prescribing opioids for pain is: Purdue Pharma propaganda and bribes. [0][1]

[0]http://theweek.com/articles/541564/how-american-opiate-epide...

[1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/ title: "The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy"

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