Chris McGreal outlines the three main stories of the opioid epidemic: first, the negligent policies that allowed the greed and corruption of big pharma to profit off the suffering of their patients and the FDA's complicity in the matter; second, the widespread addiction that ravaged American cities; and finally, the even more devastating arrival of the drug cartels who exploited the market for addiction that has been created.
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