Two waves of addiction were prescribed by doctors and egged on by pharmaceutical marketing — orchestrated by the Sackler family — that insisted it was safe and a great idea.
Narrated by Jared Moore
Art by Daniel Medina
Text published 04/19/26:
How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women
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Part of an ongoing series about the Opioid Crisis by friend-of-Racket and ER doctor Matt Bivens, who writes on Substack at The 100 Days.
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