Johnson & Johnson is responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis, judge rules in landmark case

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40. If The Drugs Were

marketed as nonaddictive, which is not the way I remember it, pharma does have some culpability. However, my remembrance is that they were marketed as LESS addictive when taken as directed due to their time-release properties. I am generally not in favor of holding companies responsible for injuries incurred through misuse of their product.

The reason drugs are prescription is so that their use requires some educated intermediary (in this case they are called doctors) to make sure drugs that could be dangerous are kept tabs on when given to non-medically educated consumers. Any prescriber who believes that a drug that targets opiate receptors would not be addictive needs to have not only his/her license revoked but their diploma as well.