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Jamie Waldrop
Dr. J. David Haddox is the head pain specialist at Purdue Pharma, working on behalf of the Sackler family to sell OxyContin as an effective, non-addictive painkiller. Haddox plays a key role in spreading false information for the company, often citing an outdated source that allegedly proves that OxyContin isn’t addictive. He is known to harass journalists who cover opioid-related crime and ultimately acts as the face of Purdue’s misleading marketing campaign for OxyContin.
Dr. J. David Haddox Quotes in Dopesick
The Dopesick quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. J. David Haddox or refer to Dr. J. David Haddox. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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In the United States of Amnesia, as Gore Vidal once called it, there were people in history who might have expressed skepticism over Haddox’s claim, had anyone bothered reading up on them. Ever since the Neolithic humans figured out that the juice nestled inside the head of a poppy could be dried, dehydrated, and smoked for the purposes of getting high or getting well, depending on your point of view, opium had inspired all manner of commerce and conflict.
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Dr. J. David Haddox Quotes in Dopesick
The Dopesick quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. J. David Haddox or refer to Dr. J. David Haddox. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
In the United States of Amnesia, as Gore Vidal once called it, there were people in history who might have expressed skepticism over Haddox’s claim, had anyone bothered reading up on them. Ever since the Neolithic humans figured out that the juice nestled inside the head of a poppy could be dried, dehydrated, and smoked for the purposes of getting high or getting well, depending on your point of view, opium had inspired all manner of commerce and conflict.
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