Drug company payments to doctors may influence opioid overdose deaths

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Study finds that small, consistent payments built trust between drug sales reps and physicians, leading to more prescribing and overdoses

 

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Da!

maybe a little self control & responsibility in order as well.

That doesn't explain The War on Drugs that we have been consistently losing since Nixon declared one. And alcohol kills more people that all other drugs combined,

I'll bet that the drug companies who paid off doctors can still buy advertising in the .

You do realize most of the opioid deaths are from illegally obtained heroin laced with fentenol. The addiction may start with pills but devolves into street drugs flowing across the border

This should B looked into by the new group in the House of Representatives, Majority Leader Rep Pelosi will NOT hide & will send the results 2 the floor 4 a vote when investigation is completed.

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