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Oxycontin

Crime Health

We Didn't Stand a Chance Against Opioids

What the opioid crisis has done to one indigenous family in Alaska–the writer’s.

Joshua Hunt The New Republic Sep 2019 15min Permalink

Crime

Death By Instagram (7 Parts)

An investigation into a social media-fueled gang war in Detroit.

The Red Zone is part pharmacy, part killing field and part music studio where gang members peddled drugs, fought rivals and shot rap videos on street corners.

Robert Snell The Detroit News Apr 2018 Permalink

Health

Delaware's Opioid Crisis

On the ground in Wilmington.

Paul Blest The Outline Feb 2018 10min Permalink

World Health

OxyContin Goes Global — “We’re only just getting started”

As business declines amidst an opioid epidemic in America, Purdue Pharma’s owners the Sackler family are pursuing a new strategy: putting OxyContin in medicine cabinets around the world.

Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion, Scott Glover LA Times Dec 2016 15min Permalink

Business Science Health

"You Want a Description of Hell?"

Purdue Pharma’s marketing materials say OxyContin works for 12 hours. It doesn’t. And this problem, long-denied by the drugmaker, is what makes it highly addictive.

Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion, Scott Glover Los Angeles Times May 2016 25min Permalink

Crime Science

First Do No Harm

How OxyContin permeated one small town.

Ann Silversides Maisonneuve Apr 2013 30min Permalink