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    The Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 16 Jul 2019

    Exclusive: The largest U.S. drug companies flooded the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills, according to previously undisclosed company data released as part of the largest civil action in U.S. historyhttps://wapo.st/2XVsuNb 

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      2. The Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 16 Jul 2019

        The information comes from a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every pain pill sold in the United States — from manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies in every town and cityhttps://wapo.st/2XUITS4 

        40 replies 315 retweets 454 likes
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      3. The Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 16 Jul 2019

        The data provides an unprecedented look at the surge of legal pain pills that fueled the prescription opioid epidemic, which has resulted in nearly 100,000 deaths from 2006 through 2012 https://wapo.st/2XUKZ4C pic.twitter.com/HH5BTq0Qm9

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      4. The Washington Post‏Verified account @washingtonpost 16 Jul 2019

        During this period, just three companies manufactured 88 percent of the opioids https://wapo.st/2XSl4dU pic.twitter.com/JScnuy5VNy

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      2. Vicki‏ @Vickisviews2 16 Jul 2019
        Replying to @RubyReeses @washingtonpost

        These are still being prescribed because there are people who do need them in order to have some quality of life.

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      2. Marty Davis‏ @MartyDavis 16 Jul 2019
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        Obscene. Criminal. Culpable killers.

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      3. Minority Nomad‏ @minoritynomad 21 Jul 2019
        Replying to @MartyDavis @washingtonpost

        unfortunately, only two of these are true

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      2. Mary Reed‏ @marsam22reed 16 Jul 2019
        Replying to @washingtonpost

        Why is the media so quiet on the Sackler family? Meet the Sacklers: the family feuding over blame for the opioid crisishttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/13/meet-the-sacklers-the-family-feuding-over-blame-for-the-opioid-crisis?CMP=share_btn_tw …

        11 replies 58 retweets 137 likes
      3. LeRoi O'Picasso‏ @leroi_o 16 Jul 2019
        Replying to @marsam22reed @washingtonpost

        Art patrons?

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      2. George Thomas‏ @GeorgeUS66 16 Jul 2019
        Replying to @washingtonpost

        For gosh sakes don't smoke weed

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      3. Camila Rodrigues‏ @cmpcr 16 Jul 2019
        Replying to @GeorgeUS66 @washingtonpost

        Pain killers are better aren’t they 😂

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