CLASSIC: Who created the opioid epidemic?

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In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The number of prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. What makes opioid ...  Show more

An opioid abuse epidemic now plagues US healthcare. It was caused, in part, by overzealous advocacy for controlling chronic pain resulting in overuse of narcotics. There are now 2 million Americans addicted to opioids. The approach for treating chronic pain must change. In this p ...  Show more

How pharma greed, government subsidies, and a push to make pain the “fifth vital sign” kicked off a crisis that costs $80 billion a year and has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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Why are we in an opioid epidemic? How did we get here, and what can be done? We hear from pain experts as well as from survivors of siblings lost to overdoses, who share their experiences of the drug crisis and its toll. Sponsored by Tremeau Pharmaceuticals Produced by BloodStrea ...  Show more