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Editorial
. 2019 Mar-Apr;116(2):80-82.

Bashing Big Pharma

Charles W Van Way 3rd  1
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Editorial

Bashing Big Pharma

Charles W Van Way 3rd. Mo Med. 2019 Mar-Apr.
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Number of yearly U.S. opioid overdose deaths from all opioid drugs. There were 72,000 drug overdose deaths overall in 2017 in the USA.
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    1. Voltaire, Candide, or The Optimist. 1759“…en ce pays-la, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres.” (In this country [England], it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others.)

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