When someone tries to end an argument by insisting they’re on “the right side of history,” remind them how often history has proved such confidence wrong. This is especially true in the realm of health care. Not long ago, Purdue Pharmaceuticals pushed OxyContin as an answer to ordinary pain. Yet Oxy not only created a wave of addiction; it helped launch a public-health catastrophe. Aggressive 1990s and 2000s prescribing fueled the first overdose…
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