The company that created OxyContin is offering free doses of an opioid treatment as part of its offer to resolve more than 1,000 lawsuits

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Is there no end to the profiteering? They got a patent for opioid addiction treatment too - got it coming and going. Talk about the morality when you report this stuff.

Purdue Pharma needs to be held accountable. It's not "taking responsibility" by offering insignificant terms to settle litigation. Purdue made BILLIONS by pushing addictive OxyContin with its huge lobbying efforts & now its offering a pittance to wash the blood off - SHAME!!!

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