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Jan 2023
14m 4s

Big Pharma, Big Problems

LAYLA
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A deep dive into the beginnings of the opioid epidemic, this episodes serves to expose Purdue Pharma’s deceitful claims, which allowed prescriptions of Oxycontin to go out of control. With a look at the ramifications on ethical, legal, and socio-economical levels, this episode reveals how we can move forward. 
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