Listen to This Article: How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women

About this episode

The episode discusses how Big Pharma targeted women through marketing and prescription practices that led to addiction.

Two waves of addiction were prescribed by doctors and egged on by pharmaceutical marketing — orchestrated by the Sackler family — that insisted it was safe and a great idea. Narrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Matt Taibbi

Guest: Jared Moore

Topics covered

• addiction
• pharmaceutical marketing
• women's health
• opioids
• Sackler family
• prescription drugs

Keywords

• Big Pharma
• addiction
• Sackler family
• pharmaceutical marketing
• women's health
• opioids
• prescription drugs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sackler family, Big Pharma

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