> I won't get into the history of why people take so much acetaminophen despite how crappy a drug it is.

I'd love if you did. What's the story there?

Basically, the pharma industry's most successful marketing campaign ever. Here's an article from 1982:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/02/h...

https://archive.md/rssPI