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Opioid
Opioids made it impossible to run his family business, so he became an undercover cop
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Caitlin Esch
Apr 3, 2019
Bucky Culbertson's career has followed the booms and busts of Wise County, up to his current job fighting the opioid epidemic.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stop marketing opioids to doctors
Feb 10, 2018
Purdue’s promotions exaggerated the drug’s safety and risks of addiction, leaning heavily on one sentence used by sales reps to market the drug to doctors.
A drugmaker used “The Wizard of Oz” to sell OxyContin
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Tony Wagner
Dec 15, 2017
In an internal sales document, Purdue told sales reps to “follow the yellow brick road” and get doctors to prescribe the opioid.
In Ohio's opioid crisis, Medicaid cutbacks could be disastrous
Jun 30, 2017
At the epicenter of the opioid crisis, a Medicaid rollback could be terrible for Ohioans