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> Do doctors hold any responsibility over getting you addicted by drugs they prescribe? (Aren't doctors the experts?

In this case doctors wrongly prescribed ( when it wasn't necessary or in too high doses) a drug for personal profit. They're guilty, and so is the company that paid them to do that and kept bullshit marketing reassuring doctors and patients everything is ok.

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I keep hearing this, but there is no mechanism I am aware of for a doctor to see a cent related to prescription of outpatient medication. What’s the purported mechanism by which docs were making money on this?

Purdue would give them kickbacks, vacations, etc. as part of their marketing outreach. It's not like the doctors made commission on every pill

If you keep hearing this, maybe take a look at all the despicable bullshit that Purdue have been caught in. If you like the video format, you can start with John Oliver's "Opiods" episodes.

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