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Big Science Lied, Americans Died

In a July 25 segment, Fox News host Tucker Carlson addressed recent reports about antidepressants, Covid “vaccines,” Alzheimer’s medications, and OxyContin, and mentioned Adderall and Ritalin as well.

Carlson opened talking about the opioid epidemic and how, as he put it, “Perdue Pharma kicked it off … by aggressively marketing a narcotic called OxyContin,” which the drug giant said wasn’t addictive. Except that it was.

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Perdue ended up being sued and criminal charges were brought, but not one drug company executive, anywhere, went to prison. And this is the level of accountability — zero — that’s typical of matters involving pseudo-elite transgressions.

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