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by specialist 2049 days ago
I currently share Dr. Atul Gawande's assessment. It jives with my personal (anecdotal) experience. I was in a pain and toxicity study, right during the major shift from under treating to over treating pain. And Gawande's criticism about the missing followup studies jives with my experience.

https://www.vox.com/2017/9/8/16270370/atul-gawande-opioid-we...

In my version of the story, Sacklers were opportunists who helped bury the evidence (a la Merchants of Doubt).