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		refurb on Aug 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortu... Lying about safety? These are opioids which have been around for more than 100 years. And pharma companies are one of many sources of information about drugs. Doctors aren’t forced to only listen to them.

xsmasher on Aug 26, 2020 [–]

Purdue specifically claimed that oxy was safer; that it had a smaller chance of addiction.

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