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> addiction is the problem of the users which have nothing better to do than scroll the app - 1996 Purdue Pharma "began a massive marketing campaign", based on
by jareklupinski 2mo ago
> addiction is the problem of the users which have nothing better to do than scroll the app
- 1996 Purdue Pharma "began a massive marketing campaign", based on a "unique claim" for OxyContin, with FDA permission, that, "as a long-acting opioid, it might be less likely to cause abuse and addiction than shorter-acting painkillers like Percocet."
- 3 February 2021 Consultancy McKinsey and Company agreed to pay $573 million to 47 state governments to settle claims it advised "Purdue Pharma and other drug makers to aggressively market opioid painkillers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_opioid_epidemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_opioid_epidemi...
give it 25 years i guess