And who is behind the manufacture and distribution of these synthetic pain killers? Why, Big Pharma of course. It all comes back to money. Greed.

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family who own it, are hoping your attention will drift away after a lawsuit against them settles. The company admitted in a plea deal it had "misrepresented the drug's addictive qualities and potential for abuse." as reported in the NY Times.

In an investigation by The Washington Post, and the Charleston Gazette
where they tracked the distribution of 76 Billion opioid pain pills. They found the areas with the highest volume of opioid dumping also had the most amount of deaths by opioid over dose. This correlation was observed through the comparison of data from the Center for Disease Control, tracking oxycondon and hydrocodone. These two drugs are widely used by drug dealers to create addicts. This as reported by Scott Higham. a Pulitzer Prise winning journalist from The Washington Post

All this business is supplied by the big Pharmaceutical Companies, not someone "in the basement cookin' up the medicine". (Thank you Mr. Dylan.)

Why wasn't this practice halted fast?? Well,there could be a desire on the part of individuals on the enforcement to leave the door open for more financially lucrative employment in the pharmaceutical industry at a later time. How many of them end up using something to dull the pain? "The way to happiness is closed to those who do not restrain themselves from committing harmful acts.", L. Ron Hubbard

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