and by 2004 OxyContin had become a leading drug of abuse in the United States" "Purdue trained its sales representatives to carry the message that the risk of addiction was “less than one percent.” Actually rates from different studies "(3%–18%), (34%), (43%) (24%–31%), (45%)"
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In 2007 "claiming that it was less addictive and less subject to abuse and diversion than other opioids, and will pay $634 million in fines" but "Sales $44 million (316k prescriptions) in 1996 to 2001 and 2002 combined sales of nearly $3 billion (over 14 million prescriptions)"
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In 2019 "the total number of states accusing the OxyContin maker of helping to ignite the nationwide opioid crisis to 48." The owners of Purdue "The Sackler family is one of the richest families in the US. More recent estimates put the figure at $13 billion."
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I am just watching "the pharmacist" on Netflix, incredible the misuse of drugs.
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