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ListMay 31, 2026

Opioids/opiates

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Pharmaceutical Cinematic Universe

Pharmaceuticals tend to be pretty well connected, with the development of antibiotics sulfonamides from the German dye industry documented in Miracle Cure drawing a straight line to the Sackler dynasty documented in Empire of Pain leading to drug sale documen…

@litsalonuserPain killer an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic