OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts from opioids

Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by tejtm on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:37PM (#17942642)

You are home, sleeping after another boring day at work. You wake up being beaten back unconscious, extremities broken, ribs kicked in. They dial 911 and leave.

When you get back from the hospital they will come take your drugs.

Why? Nothing personal, just that unlike many of your rural brethren, you have insurance.

People deliberately created your guests and are profiting even now from your pain, should they be shut down?

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by lostlogin on Saturday September 08, 2018 @05:37PM (#17942911)

That’s dark. Is this a thing?

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by tejtm on Saturday September 08, 2018 @06:32PM (#17943164)

I could not make it up. Came to me as non fiction via an inhabitant of northern Maine.

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by tmp-20150107 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @06:50PM (#17943237)

Urban legend. With broken bones and enough injuries to be prescribed an amount of take home opiates that would be worthwhile for an addict, you'd be in hospital fora day or two at least, maybe more. One thing about addiction is that immediate access to the drug is more important than anything else. No addict is going to bother with this sort of thing just to get a dozen or so Codeine pills...

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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by fjsolwmv on Saturday September 08, 2018 @08:16PM (#17943555)

Once you are hooked they can steal your refills...

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