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Opioids Pros And Cons

Satisfactory Essays

“Prescribed opioids, Heroin, and Fentanyl have killed more than 42,000 people in 2016, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40 percent of the 42,000 deaths were brought on from prescribed opioids.” (“Golgowski”) The epidemic of opioids affects multiple communities everywhere, and the company Purdue Pharma, has seen the effects of the drug they produce. Although there are pros and cons to this drug, the bad outweighs the good. While describing the effect of Oxycodone of the good and the bad, and how it is used. Purdue Pharma released that they would be cutting half of their sales representatives, and those who stay will no longer be promoting OxyContin to doctors, amidst the Opioid crisis in America. Although, OxyContin

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