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How Big Pharma Hooked America On Legal Heroin
pigrabbitbear writes "The active ingredient in OxyContin, oxycodone, isn't a new compound. It was originally synthesized in Germany in 1916. The patent on the medication had expired well before Purdue Pharma, a Stamford, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company and the industry leader in pain medication, released it under the brand name in 1996. The genius of Purdue's continued foray into pain-management medication – they had already produced versions of hydromorphone, oxycodone, fentanyl, codeine, and hydrocodone – was twofold. They not only created a drug from an already readily available compound, but they were able to essentially re-patent the active ingredient by introducing a time-release element. Prior to the 1990s, strong opioid medications were not routinely given for miscellaneous or chronic, moderately painful conditions; the strongest classes of drugs were often reserved for the dying. But Purdue parlayed their time-release system not only into the patent for OxyContin. They also went on a PR blitz, claiming their drug was unique because of the time-release element and implied that it was so difficult to abuse that the risk of addiction was 'under 1%.'"
so I really can't remember... does he hate teh gays as much as teh druggies? I'm just asking.
Yes? No? How do you answer a "have you stopped beating your wife" kind of question, and what does it say about the person who doesn't know what someone else has said but will still ask that kind of question?
heres the deal, straw man. i dont believe that "peer-reviewed" scientific studies are Sacrosanct either. Basically the entire credibility of the scientific community and the medical community are being eroded at a prodigious rate. also i think that with there being nearly ZERO studies on the medical benifits of cannabis, contrasted with the apparently numerous studies liking cannabis with "addiction withdrawal" MERELY PROVES MY POINT OF THE BIAS.
thank you for proving my point