Opioids - Business & Addiction - Part 1: The Cartel of Pain
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Source: Deutsche Welle
Published: 2026-02-04 04:29 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Business, Health
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The Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, brought the prescription painkiller OxyContin - containing the highly potent opioid oxycodone - onto the market, unleashing one of the greatest health disasters in the history of the United States. With hundreds of sales representatives, they pressured doctors in economically disadvantaged regions to prescribe the drug.
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