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The Question of the Day is on our Facebook page.Andy's 5-Star Movie Reviews.Interview Spotlight. Today's Guestsđź’Š Rush to Reason: “Opioids, Accountability & the Bigger Pharma Picture” What if the biggest drug crisis in American history wasn’t a mistake—but a business model? In this explosive, can’t-miss episode of Rush to Reason, John Rush, Dr. Kelly Victory, and Steve House pull back the curtain on Purdue Pharma’s role in fueling America’s opioid epidemic—and why the $7.4 billion settlement is little more than a cost of doing business. They uncover how Big Pharma fraudulently marketed highly addictive drugs like OxyContin as “non-addictive,” used medical journals and insurance incentives to pressure doctors, and even manipulated electronic records to create a system where pain became the “fifth vital sign.” The result? Doctors overprescribed. Patients became addicted. And more than 500,000 people died. While states will now receive billions for future treatment programs, individual victims and families are largely left out—and the Sackler family remains insulated by philanthropic fronts and legal loopholes. Is this real justice, or just strategic damage control? But it doesn’t stop there. The ripple effects of this scandal have now made it harder for patients with legitimate pain to access relief, as the […]