Big Opioid and the Pain Movement
Destigmatizing opioids is also central to Harm Reduction. Both the Pain Movement and Harm Reduction consist of opioid producers and distributors, physicians, pharmacists, academics, plus a plethora of NGOs.
By William Walter Kay BA JD —— Bio and Archives--June 24, 2024
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1976 was a bad year for opioid overdoses in America – 1,597 fatalities. The later 1970s saw fatalities normalize back to 500 a year. (1) Now, opioid overdose fatalities hover around 80,000 a year! (2) What transpired?
The Pain Movement arose in the late-1970s. By 1984 this social movement had built sufficient capacity to host the International Symposium on Pain Control at the University of Toronto. This activist project was financed by the Sackler family through their wholly-owned Purdue Pharma. Symposium experts came at Richard Sackler’s invite. (3)
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