Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty as Part of $8 Billion Settlement

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Originally Posted by atltechdude

Come on.

There was a massive effort on the part of these opioid drug makers to push these as safe pain therapy meds and mask the negative and addictive effects.

A lot of people got a prescription for this and were NOT told the addictive potential of what they were taking.

Anybody in the last 6-8 years knew how addictive they were. I think my whole family has been prescribed them at some point in time and we never finish the prescription.

When Prince died in 2016, it was already well known.

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Originally Posted by atltechdude

Come on.

There was a massive effort on the part of these opioid drug makers to push these as safe pain therapy meds and mask the negative and addictive effects.

A lot of people got a prescription for this and were NOT told the addictive potential of what they were taking.

the book 'Dopesick' by beth macy lays all that out in hideous detail. just finished reading it.

[MJJersey]

Originally Posted by bu2

Anybody in the last 6-8 years knew how addictive they were. I think my whole family has been prescribed them at some point in time and we never finish the prescription.

When Prince died in 2016, it was already well known.

That’s being generous. Everyone who grew up in this country from the 80s on was taught that narcotics are addictive. It was on them to believe that, not believe it, or just ignore it.

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by bu2

Anybody in the last 6-8 years knew how addictive they were. I think my whole family has been prescribed them at some point in time and we never finish the prescription.

When Prince died in 2016, it was already well known.

Yeah - I forgot about the whole Prince fiasco... Heck - I would be thinking about a separate lawsuit in his case.