That undersells their liability and (i think) evil behavior. The original Dr. Sackler invented modern marketing of drugs directly to consumers, starting with g

That undersells their liability and (i think) evil behavior. The original Dr. Sackler invented modern marketing of drugs directly to consumers, starting with getting millions addicted to Valium - which BTW was totally gross sexism. the very Mad Men 60s style marketing /r/oldschool ridiculous keeping women in the house and dealing with their 'emotions and feelings' with downers etc. The Netflix doc the Pharmacist is really good I highly recommend. Purdue gave direct $ bonus' to their sales people, using prescriber data to knowingly target Drs. prescribing insane amounts of opiates. On purpose because they identified it as the most profitable. They also basically bribed doctors to attend conferences and put their name on BS 'research.' they spent millions to induce an earth shaking change in pain management - opiates weren't widely used long term before their 'investment.' Plus the first baseline research they use to justify this was total overstated from one Drs opinion. It's also the pharmacies, Walmart optimized profits and kept pharmacists from questioning scripts. And now last I checked the Sacklers still have their billions and are using the same playbook with a new company in the developing world/India. I'm also totally against the war on drugs and believe we need to fundamentally change attitudes and pretty much remove possession laws. Personally I would go so far as to provide free prescriptions/handouts for addicts of opiates/stims that are pure, clear doses, and safer to inject or use. Make it mandatory to interact with mental health professionals to get the drugs and offer free treatment (medication focused) when the user is ready themselves to attempt to get clean. It's also gross that it's a good amount harder for a doctor to prescribe suboxone than it is opiates. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/27/india-opioids-crisis-us-pain-narcotics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/27/india-opioids-...