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TAMFORD, CTLamenting that the numbers were much lower than the company had anticipated, Purdue Pharma officials reported Monday that deaths from opioids had fallen well short of their quarterly goals. For the third straight quarter, weve experienced a disappointing and underwhelming quantity of deaths among OxyContin users, and weve simply got to find a way to turn those numbers around, wrote CEO Craig Landau in a company-wide email, adding that while the number of new opioid addicts continued to keep pace with their projections, it wasnt translating into the anticipated growth in fatal overdoses the pharmaceutical manufacturer had planned on. The board of directors is increasingly frustrated with the direction of the company, and its important to remember that we cant just maintain the status quo of opioid deathswe need to become more lethal in nearly every demographic, particularly with minority users. Well soon be announcing some changes that are part of our new company roadmap to hopefully double or even triple the number of Americans who succumb to opioids by this time next year. We need all hands on deck if we want to bounce back with a deadly Q2. To incentivize employees, Purdue Pharma officials also reportedly unveiled a new bonus program that pays employees $1,000 for every opioid overdose they personally cause.
https://www.theonion.com/purdue-pharma-reports-opioid-deaths-falling-short-of-qu-1833721077
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,843 posts)Happy April Fool's Day, everybody!
CountAllVotes
(20,884 posts)Due to this stupid damned opiate hysteria.
Ain't no joke sadly!
Stinky The Clown
(67,849 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,884 posts)!!!!
& this hysteria out of our lives! We demand freedom! Freedom from PAIN!
handmade34
(22,759 posts)and I lost a vibrant, beautiful man that called me Mom, a few weeks ago... it isn't a joke... it is painful and it hurts everyday to lose a life with so much love and promise... opioids are no joke