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April 21 - How Big Pharma & Well-Meaning Doctors Created America's Opioid Over-Prescription Crisis

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Published April 21, 2016 at 1:37 PM MDT

White America is in the midst of an addiction crisis, and at its heart are oxycontin and other black tar heroin. Sam Quinones, author of 2015 Amazon Best Book DREAMLAND, told KSFR's Dave Marash on HERE AND THERE how one misinterpreted letter led to the rise of painkillers in America.
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