Counties where the most opioids are dispensed in Colorado

Counties where the most opioids are dispensed in Colorado

Canva Counties where the most opioids are dispensed in Colorado When Purdue Pharma first began sales of OxyContin in the late 1990s, it was advertised as relief for cancer patients and people with chronic pain. Aggressive marketing fueled the drug’s popularity, along with that of other opioid pain management drugs on the market. But as the company touted OxyContin to physicians, it downplayed the drug’s addictiveness, according to confidential J…