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When Innovation Goes Wrong: Technological Regress and the Opioid Epidemic
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This article explores how the opioid epidemic in the U.S.
was exacerbated by the introduction of new, supposedly safer opioids, which ultimately led to increased addiction and death.
It highlights the shift from legal to illegal opioid markets and the role of technological and marketing innovations in this crisis.
was exacerbated by the introduction of new, supposedly safer opioids, which ultimately led to increased addiction and death.
It highlights the shift from legal to illegal opioid markets and the role of technological and marketing innovations in this crisis.
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Mentioned by Stephen Dubner in relation to the idea of deaths of despair.
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589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?
