US FDA Cast As Culpable Player In Opioid Epidemic In Hulu’s Dopesick Series

Show depicts former agency officials approving OxyContin labeling that enabled Purdue to market it as nonaddictive and subsequently refusing pleas to restrict its use.

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US FDA's role in OxyContin labeling is dramatized in Hulu's Dopesick show • Source: Alamy

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