Opioid crisis: Overdoses rise after pharmaceutical companies advertise directly to doctors

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Opioid crisis: Overdoses rise after pharmaceutical companies advertise directly to doctors
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The researchers were surprised how effective tactics like taking doctors for dinner were when it came to covertly influencing the drugs they prescribed.

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