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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%.'"
Nice way to bait the story and play right into class warfare concepts.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
I'm going to need a bit more context and proof than that. I've seen many false quotes attributed to him (just like I've seen many false quotes attributed to Obama, GW Bush, Clinton, and other public figures). In particular, that quote without context is cut/pasted all around the pro-legal-marijuana sites but they don't have more than what's there. Nor can I find the segment in particular for that date on Limbaugh's site (though that may be just because it's from several years ago).
Is there audio anywhere so I can tell if he's joking? Or if it's part of a bit he's doing?
(Personally, I don't care if marijuana is legal, I just like to have my facts right.)
So, same question, but this time can I get a non-masturbatory answer?
That's called "projection". Why don't you drop the attitude if you want a discussion, instead of just trying to insult people you haven't really listened to in the first place?
The answer is "yes" he hates the people the same amount. That is, not. That's what you could have gotten from the previous answer if you thought about it for a minute.
Nice try with the "not open to question". It's a good trick when you don't want to support the claims you make. It's the real masturbatory tactic in this discussion. Just so you know, most people realize that calling weed evil isn't the same as calling the people who use it evil. Even the person who posted the "quote" as proof of how he hates smokers admitted that it wasn't an admission that he called them evil. Maybe you didn't notice. And gosh, maybe you also noticed that pointing that tiny detail out was placing the claim fully in question.
where the hell are you getting this information? i have gone thru cannabis "withdraw" and your "symptoms" other than irritability are bullshit. in fact it makes you lose your appetite, but im sure the PSYCHOLOGISTS who wrote the manual know this with their godlike observations (is my bitterness at this pseudoscience shining thru to you at all?)
also, comparing the withdraws of cannabis to real drugs like heroin, meth, cocaine and oxycodone, is both ignorant and insulting.
Yes give someone dugs they aren't prescribed. I have no doubt you are yet another drug abuser "self-prescribing". I have little doubt a hang nail or just wanting to get high is burried in that etc.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.