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Re:Sacklers granted lifetime legal immunity in opioid settle... by sneak on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:07PM (#28396726)
I find it hard to believe that any adult that knows smoking is dangerous and addictive doesn't know that opiate prescription pain pills are addictive and dangerous.
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Re:Sacklers granted lifetime legal immunity in opioid settle... by curtis3389 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:17PM (#28396828)
In this case, they were intentionally misrepresenting the risk of addiction to doctors: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/

If your doctor tells you it's safe and non-addictive and will ease your suffering, I'm willing to bet you'll believe them.

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Re:Sacklers granted lifetime legal immunity in opioid settle... by sneak on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:26PM (#28396902)
I wonder how much of this overall problem in society is a result of this misinformation they spread via the sales channel, and how much is just that opiates are super fucking addictive (regardless of what you do or don't know about them beforehand).
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