The New Class of Opioids That Were Sold in the 90s

Purdue spent $500 million from 1996 to 2001 alone on pharmaceutical detailing Which is when pharmaceutical companies send sales reps directly to doctors offices and that's just one slice of just a massive expenditure. One of the most effective ways that that opioids were sold was through working the medical industrial complex so to speak. Tons of pharma money went to tons of organizations from the American geriatric society to State medical boards and pharmacy boards and nursing boards which are invisible to many outside of the medical enterprise.