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The more opioids doctors prescribe, the more money they make

Collusion. Bribery, Blackmail? –

March 11, 2018 – In 2014 and 2015, opioid manufacturers paid hundreds of doctors across the country six-figure sums for speaking, consulting and other services. Thousands of other doctors were paid over $25,000 during that time. Physicians who prescribed particularly large amounts of the drugs were the most likely to get paid … “It smells like doctors being bribed to sell narcotics, and that’s very disturbing,” said Kolodny, who is also the executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing … Doctors who write the most opioid prescriptions get paid the most money by pharmaceutical companies that make opioids.

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