I came out of the doctors and there was a representative of Purdue, she said. We have a drug called Loxycon. We pick up all the car, just take as much as you need. That said, it sounds like a deal. Within the last 20 years, more than 500 thousand Americans have been killed by overdoses controlled release. Oxycon would be the drug that triggered the opioid crisis. But what if we discovered that the crisis started with a crime? 

When we talk about drugs like oxyoddone, you're talking about drugs that are essentially heroin pills. Opioid makers started to promote their opioids for common chronic pain conditions. Purdue didn't have any evidence that the drug was safe, so the company obtained the help of a medical officer at FDA. This is the person I've ever seen this. This isn't just unethical. I think this could be illegal. 100 and 100 of sales reps go out and meet with doctors and say the FDA approved this. 

Big Pharma celebrated its marketing muscle, using parties to lure doctors to write scripts. This was a new drug cartel. There were drug dealers wearing suits and lab coats. Basically, here's some money, write some scores. Yes, I'm looking at this and I'm going clearly. We're breaking the law. 
Purdue ends up getting pursued by the authorities. The company lied under oath. Ethnics did not play a role.

The companies took out their checkbooks and paid to keep the evidence hidden. You are basically telling pharmaceutical companies you have a green light to do this. It explains how America got hooked on opioids doctors willing to be paid to prescribe the drug. Those are are the people that are going to get you promoted and eventually put you in prison. The abuse explode and spread like cancer. When you're that much pain and and you're addicted to such a high dose, you're a trap rat. When the companies didn't like that they were being held accountable, they decided to change the statute. They should be changing their behaviors, not the rules. People were dying by the tens of thousands and their own representatives are basically selling them down the river. If you talk to people whose lives have been touched, what does matter to a lot of these people is truth.