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Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer accused of launching the opioid epidemic for the aggressive marketing of its painkiller OxyContin, knew the painkiller was prone to “significant” abuse, despite aggressively promoting the drug as a safer alternative to other painkillers.
A confidential Justice Department report reveals that company officials had received reports within a year of OxyContin’s release in 1996 that pills were being stolen from pharmacies and that addicts were crushing and snorting the pills, The New York Times reports.
Prosecutors discovered 117 references to the words “street value,” “crush,” or “snort” in notes Perdue sales representatives had recorded of their visits to doctors from 1997 through 1999.
The owners of Perdue, the Sackler Family, were in the know of OxyContin’s addictive nature as early as 1999, according to emails cited in the 120-page Justice Department report.
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A confidential Justice Department report reveals that company officials had received reports within a year of OxyContin’s release in 1996 that pills were being stolen from pharmacies and that addicts were crushing and snorting the pills, The New York Times reports.
Prosecutors discovered 117 references to the words “street value,” “crush,” or “snort” in notes Perdue sales representatives had recorded of their visits to doctors from 1997 through 1999.
The owners of Perdue, the Sackler Family, were in the know of OxyContin’s addictive nature as early as 1999, according to emails cited in the 120-page Justice Department report.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/29/r...&utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_medium=Social
