Listen: India Gives Opioid Makers A Huge And Growing New Market

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney discussed the changing attitudes toward opioid painkillers in India with NPR’s Rachel Martin on “Morning Edition” Thursday.

Varney traveled to India to report a two-part series on the issue in partnership with The Guardian.

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<h1>Listen: India Gives Opioid Makers A Huge And Growing New Market</h1>
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<p>KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney discussed the changing attitudes toward opioid painkillers in India with NPR’s Rachel Martin <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/05/757803872/u-s-drugmakers-target-the-booming-opioid-market-in-india">on “Morning Edition” Thursday</a>.</p><p>Varney traveled to India to report a <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/india-burgeoning-chronic-pain-market-us-drugmakers-stand-to-profit/">two-part series</a> on the issue in partnership with The Guardian.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-india-gives-opioid-makers-a-huge-and-growing-new-market/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-india-gives-opioid-makers-a-huge-and-growing-new-market/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-india-gives-opioid-makers-a-huge-and-growing-new-market/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Listen%3A%20India%20Gives%20Opioid%20Makers%20A%20Huge%20And%20Growing%20New%20Market&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FOTkzNjYz&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-india-gives-opioid-makers-a-huge-and-growing-new-market/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-india-gives-opioid-makers-a-huge-and-growing-new-market/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-india-gives-opioid-makers-a-huge-and-growing-new-market/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=993663&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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