In what ways, if any, should the stakeholders in the U.S. opioid crisis bear responsibility? Are there any changes to the industry actors CSR strategy that you would suggest?

Select yes for those statements that are accurate and choose no for those that are not.

a. Ultimately, individuals are responsible for their own drug use, medication should be strictly taken as indicated by doctors.

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b. Purdu was responsible, because it created a highly addictive medication, aggressively and fraudulently marketed it, and persisted even after the risks were well known in the public health community and to the company.

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c. The government was ultimately responsible because it continued to raise aggregate production quotas for oxycodone even as the public health risks of OxyContin became increasingly apparent.

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d. The government bears no responsibility, they only raised quotas prompted by the negotiations that occurred between the pharmaceutical companies and the DEA.

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e. Individuals should not be held responsible when they seek medical attention even when they feel doctors are writing unnecessary prescriptions.

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f. It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry has a social responsibility to limit the sale of highly addictive medications and improve their business reputation.

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If some shareholders complained that the pharmaceutical industry has been spending too little or too much effort on corporate social responsibility, what would you tell them?

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a. Opioid addicts made more visits to hospital emergency rooms and drove up health care costs.

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b. Babies born to addicted mothers often suffered from neonatal abstinence syndrome, going through painful withdrawal after birth.

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c. By 2017, at least 25 government entities had sued the drug companies, distributors, and pharmacy chains that had a hand in the journey of the pain pill, from the factory into an addicts hands.

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d. Opioid addicts seem to be more focused and have more energy when at work.

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e. Lawsuits from Opioid use cite laws related to public nuisance, consumer protection, negligence, and unjust enrichment.

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f. Opioid addicts claim to have less illnesses and feel better.

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g. Grandparents, other relatives, and foster parents are raising the children of addicted parents. Clearly, the pain inflicted by the opioid epidemic has exceeded addiction and the astonishing rise in overdose deaths.

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