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I would not go as far to say they're blameless, but you're correct we knew as far back as 2003-2004 that oxycontin was highly addictive. NPR story from 2005 -

• munk-a 7y ago
  Can you clarify who the "we" is who knew this in 2003? I think it's unfair to say that was general knowledge before 2017 or so.
  • Aloha 7y ago
    I remember seeing news reports back that far - particularly about how people were crushing the drug. Reporting about Reporting in 2003 - https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/orlando-sentinel-opioids.php https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/orlando-sentinel-o... (and the pressure applied by Perdue Pharma on the paper after) 2005 - https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5061674 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=506167... 2007 - http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20327132/ns/health-health_care/t/painkiller-use-rising-alarming-rate/#.XXw0qi3MzcM http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20327132/ns/health-health_care/t/p...
  • roland00 7y ago
    Purdue knowed about the drug was highly addictive in 2003. The raw components in Oxycontin were known to be highly addictive before the drug hit the market. Oxycontin was supposed to "solve" the addiction problem, thus it got special drug labeling saying it was less addictive than other drugs of its class. They had data that it did not solve the problem but they massaged the data, and hid the data that showed it was addictive, and then later hid the data that after the drug was on the market of the ways it was being abused. Misleading Doctors and the FDA since 1996 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxycontin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxy...