By Anika Gupta Purdue Pharma has been ordered to pay $7.4 billion for its part in the opioid epidemic. The company has been criticized for its aggressive and deceptive marketing of OxyContin, an opioid painkiller, because it downplayed the potential dangers of addiction. Purdue Pharma is just one example of a broader pattern of pharmaceutical […] The post The healthcare response to addiction appeared first on Danville San Ramon.