tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post3213845102708476841..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: Purdue and the Story of OxyContinGerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-61170477382258736702020-02-07T15:00:24.172-08:002020-02-07T15:00:24.172-08:00And yes, of course the regulators/overseers weren&...And yes, of course the regulators/overseers weren't doing their job.<br /><br />We have a bit of an opioid crisis here in Albion but it's much milder.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-71526576900398311762020-02-07T14:55:45.750-08:002020-02-07T14:55:45.750-08:00Going by the doc (!), the owners of Purdue were ve...Going by the doc (!), the owners of Purdue were very much agents in the emerging opioid crisis. They hired more sales people to ride on the wave of destruction. They deliberately down-played the addictiveness of the product.<br /><br />The company was worth $38Bn at one point. How many pills did they peddle???Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-23928961937853896562020-02-07T13:19:05.364-08:002020-02-07T13:19:05.364-08:00Stripping billions away from Perdu (sic) Pharma is...Stripping billions away from Perdu (sic) Pharma isn't "conservative". It's just another form of "suing the gun makers" when the real problem was always "inept regulators".Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-82930170417792278082020-02-06T15:21:18.231-08:002020-02-06T15:21:18.231-08:00Why are you asking?
It didn't strike me as pa...Why are you asking?<br /><br />It didn't strike me as particularly 'liberal' or 'conservative'.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-86200705858011880832020-02-06T09:43:36.101-08:002020-02-06T09:43:36.101-08:00Is this an Obama Netflix production?Is this an Obama Netflix production?Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.com