> Opioids won't kill you if you take them as your doctor prescribes. The whole point is that Purdue recklessly lied about the effectiveness of Oxycontin and th

> Opioids won't kill you if you take them as your doctor prescribes. The whole point is that Purdue recklessly lied about the effectiveness of Oxycontin and the duration of action, leading people to seek out street drugs when they had breakthrough pain, and doubled down by saying "just prescribe more oxy" when it became obvious that it only lasted 8 hours, not 12, because all of their profits were based on a 12 hour extended duration of effect. Even if taken as prescribed, they were basically selling a recipe for a heroin OD. They're responsible for a lot more than 27 deaths.