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jareklupinski 21 hours ago

> addiction is the problem of the users which have nothing better to do than scroll the app

- 1996 Purdue Pharma "began a massive marketing campaign", based on a "unique claim" for OxyContin, with FDA permission, that, "as a long-acting opioid, it might be less likely to cause abuse and addiction than shorter-acting painkillers like Percocet."

- 3 February 2021 Consultancy McKinsey and Company agreed to pay $573 million to 47 state governments to settle claims it advised "Purdue Pharma and other drug makers to aggressively market opioid painkillers."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_opioid_epidemi...

give it 25 years i guess