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by drankula3 2467 days ago
Ironic? It makes sense to me that someone who understands the mechanisms of addiction would know how to break the cycle.
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It's ironic in the "we'll sell you opioids and then help you treat the addiction" sense, not the "we know how to make oxycontin so we're experts in addiction treatment" sense.

https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/30/purdue-pharma-oxycontin-...

I read Hooked and Nir Eyal obviously knows what he's talking about, I'm not questioning his authority on the subject.