Our institutions are hollowed out

This is what totalitarianism looks like Republished below is an article from Jonathan Engler, first published 19th August, on his substack page, where he looks at two examples from here in the UK: The first is The Royal College of Nursing, which says (of the recent protests): “These scenes around the country are nothing short […]

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‘Dopesick’: The Long View of Big Pharma

‘Dopesick’ charts the harrowing scandal of OxyContin addiction in the USA, from its origins in Appalachia, one of the first areas identified by the Sackler family of Purdue Pharma to target their new opioid pain relief medication. The Sacklers claimed OxyContin was non-addictive, and aggressively marketed the drug. These claims, couched in the humanitarian discourse of ‘changing attitudes towards pain management’, led to a drastic increase in opioid addiction and drug overdose deaths across the USA. The tragedy was amplified by the complete failure of the FDA to act on evidence about the dangers of OxyContin.

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