and. we used to think they'd stop working all the patients would become addicts although. these 6 cases show how wrong. in this little film the public was assured with certification. of addiction despite its high concentration in opium to make it believable. that this treatment usually reserved for patients in the terminal phase of cancer can be used without. really enjoy my say. on this new pain medication i have not missed one day of work this medication does not turn you into a zombie it is turned me into an active person again. whereas addiction is the 1st. the figures shown by pretty farmer

a pure and so reliable some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because they are perceived as too strong or addictive. but that is far from actual fact. less than one percent of patients taking opioids actually become addicted. since 1988 doctors have observed patients developing addiction yet in this internal memo a laboratory keeps on encouraging us representatives to sell the cost that miracle pill using bonuses premiums and all sorts of gadgets in only 5 years oxycontin went from 600000 prescriptions a year to more than 6000000. nowadays 30 pharma is the 1st company standing it is used in the lawsuit filed by the state of oklahoma in order to prove its responsibility the team relies on doc to kalani. in the 1st

6 years of the release of oxycontin produced sponsored 20000 educational programs across the united states they gave money to the professional societies to advocate for more opioids the organization that regulates hospitals took money from them the organization that regulates doctors in different states took money from them from all of these different directions we were told to prescribe much more the opioid lobby the manufacturers and distributors of opioids spent 880000000 dollars over a 10 year period the walking efforts for more cautious prescribing that they spent 8 times more than the gun lobby in the united states in has spent in trying to block gun regulations. the manufacturers of opiates are spending more money trying to block regulations on opioids. and is disseminated year after year during that

time the epidemic takes root even in the shadows for so long the addiction of a 1000000 american citizens suddenly comes to light. these days with the most people showing up for treatment saying they're addicted to pills show up as read on the road. and this is 99. 2001. 2003. 200-520-0720 extension 09 what you can see is that in every state in the united states we've seen a very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids big companies were aware that these pills were dangerous addictive of course and could kill people of course they would yes they were aware

before they put out their drug and when the drug started to get prescribed it was very clear early on there was a public health problem associated with this so there was overwhelming evidence that the products that were making them rich were killing people are going back we wanted to find the patients they testified in this that really johnny passed away in 2008 in an accident caused by oxycontin his wife confided he had become addicted to it lauren was addicted for years now she's free if it became addicted and was also found dead of a cardiac arrest 3 patients out of 6 had become addicted as for the doctor who appeared in the film here is his answer.

it's not acceptable to say i don't believe in using strong pain medications for chronic crying we need to stop saying this. still. there we follow it thank you for the mil who we have we love you so much. over and all my family in jesus christ my my prick. 66 you hear me in chelsea came here a lot but i just feel like she's here with me every time i come here i just feel her presence you know it makes me shine if i were struggling with this whole it's a daily thing you gotta let it go people say you have to let it go tell us tell us how you do kind of.

if it happened to one person you know ok it was an accident this is 5 feet. that's why america. i mean i don't know what our thinking miles i really don't i would like to know what you're thinking was how did she think that was helping. chelsea was 21 when she passed away the same age as kyle who still struggling for his life . kyla's began his 1st days of therapy at the center. and his struggle against the addiction only speech seems to be the purpose or maybe . ok so what i want to do today is the stuff that we this morning. every single one of us to quote myself when we come in here all of us have a tendency for this particular thing. several of the guys that are in here were athletes. they got injured that introduced him to the

opiates and whenever they take the opiates they find out hey not only does this make me physically feel better but emotionally i feel better. so what of opiates. made me feel like a better person. like i'd be in the house all day and then once i got high i could go out. and do whatever on a new. everybody else here is still with the same thing and you know i can relate to a lot of these people stories and it's just. a lot of a lot while i don't feel alone anymore so. that's that's going to feel lot better.

on day 15 of his treatment col relapsed. one of the patients who brought in heroin secretly. he couldn't resist. after he plans back he was sent to this facility. monitored

under high surveillance away from his family and son he's following his treatment to be able to go back to the ranch. ready. here every fall we thank you for this day look we think this were about to receive we think this is just being on a 4 year stretch with it and i just can't seem to stop and. yeah it's highly addictive. why is it so hard to be sober because you have pain i guess is just now i'm so over a half feelings. and. i mean it is when i see how i would just get high and pass out. that.

they may be. carried on. me went to church this morning you know what i got problems. oh ok. well it's almost 12 so i'm going to run by and pick up cash and come out there to you so you can spend some time with him. good luck. to and i'll give you a call here after a little bit. ok bye. histo are better. his relationship with me his relationship with his brother. his relationship with the son cows burned every bridge possible even though he's her us the

most we still have to be someone's to be there for him and we don't there's times we don't want to so we have to set our feelings aside and support him. i think really the most difficult as far as anger is of just knowing. only all these companies know what their jobs are doing and they will say is they are so hopeful in the room or lies in their health and.

you cannot be both with me yet you are. thinking of getting a new gun the ones we got in her shell from rob why is he didn't know what to do he's trapped in this tiny little wired we don't need a crate with him he will just stir freaking out and she will want to spray him anywhere near and thousands of breeding dogs are caged in inhumane conditions on puppy farm i mean 67 years you know they've been locked up in a cage outside you see no protection from the weather the heat you know the courtier the rain the snow the funder nothing they have no protection. to get what you. get through chaos across the u.s. cruel puppy mills are supported by dog shows and pet stores most of the puppies are coming from this large scale factory farming kind of operations are being sought and at stores even joined

a good businesses are involved like dog among santa there has been a shocking amount of organized opposition to adverts to increase the standards of care for dogs bred in commercial breeding for so many years most of that opposition is coming from huge agricultural groups and industries that have nothing to do with jobs don't buy dog on o.t. . i think the only time we've ever had any sort of opiates in my house was after my surgery last year. at that time we knew about it way ahead yeah we did yeah i assured my mom wouldn't let me take care of and i was so scared that's what they prescribe him he had the same exact stuff that my brother got addicted to oxy

r.c. cars. which the street name for the season and if you see the fact is heroin according to my brother there even were addicting that one and he had legitimate surgery and i freaked out i was like no you can't take these and here he had just had his appendix taken out he needed the hump and i didn't want him taking them because i wasn't going to go through this again. just like cauls family the whole country is in a state of awareness wanting to change things and contain the epidemic. at the oklahoma university and then seen an aggressive alliance was formed

researcher andrew kalani lawyer ritchie with me and dr jason beam and they've all gathered to establish a common fight plan against every single laboratory. case . dr beaman has created the 1st college education program of the country on pain killers addiction. and also what provide education to all of the prescribers from dentists doctors and back in areas right then and there. we think that that will do more to the result you were describing than any of our other initiatives i think the overwhelming response has been that the doctors that are graduating now and going out into practice are not person writing these and we've seen over 20 percent decline in a prescription in oklahoma over the last 2 years my medical students will never be involved in this overprescribing behavior and there are definitely some doctors

have knowingly contributed to this problem they saw an opportunity to make money and they went for it but that's that's a very small minority. in this department of justice is also trying to stop those who are responsible like one of the richest families in the country the one that funds and controls the purse and hire. article i wanted to show you that appeared for bush about the sackler family and back in 2015 they had 14 bay and one of the richest families in the united states and they've sold more than 35000000000. dollars worth of oxy since it was really just. you father was boarded 952 by the secular brothers. until then did name was unknown to the general public nowadays billionaires and very much appreciated by our company. made itself known as the patrons of museums such as the new guggenheim

but without making the connection between their fortune and their company michael barrett intends to make this truth known. do you think they knew what they were doing sure they knew what they were doing. they knew exactly what it would and they pleaded guilty to crimes for all didn't lead with and knowingly crossing the north of the. that's a result of they knew one thing for sure that they were my. i mean billions of dollars. and they didn't hear who destroyed what damages. in 2007 the company pleaded guilty to the federal accusations of misleading marketing and false advertising condemned they paid over $635000000.00 in penalties and continue to sell. the sack clothes would never have been able to market this product without authorization. the f.d.a.

has to control and regulate every single drug put on the market it authorized the use of oxycontin as a painkiller without a problem. some of the same f.d.a. officials involved in regulating the drug would wind up leaving f.d.a. and taking higher paying jobs for pharma and other drug companies we call that the revolving door i think they should have figured out earlier than what was going on and to this day some of these same f.d.a. officials are still at the f.d.a. and rather than saying we made a horrible mistake we have to charge opioids. it's a big day for oklahoma the attorney general's teams are facing the lawyers of the 4 companies being sued a judge has to rule whether there's enough evidence to go to trial. approved

pharmaceutical. johnson and johnson we sued the ones that we. did business and call street market in oklahoma my goal is to have the truth come out i really hope this case goes to trial it's an enormous. and they're going to fight for the day is what they've been in. to try to show that they didn't cause they're probably going to blame this on doctors and they're probably going to blame him. on people like myself who got sick. we've probably got at least $20.00 for being on it what they have been a insta spend on the fancy billions to spend on lawyers and they have no limit on what they'll spin in these cases and they ship lawyer in day out here from the east coast and they try other lie as much as they can.

years of investigation and hearings for the course of history to change but the time to reckoning is common for the 1st time for laboratories will be judged as being responsible for the crisis. one day i think they would like us to stop. and go away but we're not we can't wait it's trial may of 2019 we're going to have her trial and we're looking forward to it we believe in our case i believe in her case with every fiber of my being and i look forward to trying this case if i were the 1st case in the nation set for trial and we've been getting calls from other states we will set the precedent if i will might some history on that matter. good history. the lawyers of the 4 laboratories duchesse despite our repeated demands for now none of them has accepted to meet with us. they were

smiling how does that make you feel. bad tonight. to see how much. that's a better look at our. face to mouth. that on ever. and that was. all. i don't know what spin of all. since you were boyish. please you know i'm scared of getting hooked on drugs 6. that's my biggest worry are now approaching that i think. it's been 3 months since cali integrated the ranch told his dad he is coming to an end he now has to leave find

a new routine where paying calloused don't exist. now that i'm sober an awful lot better more confident. like my body doesn't hurt. healthy. after he left the ranch moved in with his mother for a while. he's now found a job and rents a flat where he can accommodate his son every day is a struggle. this is the final battle the one that gets to decide the fate of nicole. her lawyer asked for a dismissal of counts. the state of oklahoma once the lawsuit to go before a criminal court. i think she acted extraordinarily recklessly so what my goal is

is to berks file a motion to allow the jury to hear all the other victims that died as a result from that which is off so the jury can get a picture of what she was doing here and there are many. women died as it was why should anyone outside of medication and each one especially diabetic. you think be evidence has absolutely failed to show. this is. the law is very clear about what is a murder case and what's going on there's other cases involved. frankly with all the egregious conduct in this. meeting you just see that make those or you just dismiss it so are you confident absolutely. you're waiting for the doctor. should be brought in and could we have an interview with her maybe later as soon as the case dismissed you.

all along the hearing dr nichols seems detached from the events surrounding her but they can look on her face she will never speak as if none of this were her concern . the judge has reached a ruling. dr nichols will be tried for murder. it's an exceptional decision on the part of the american justice system the trial has to happen in a year or less from now on she's banned from practicing. nichols on her lawyer have decided to plead not guilty. i think it's a good thing she's going to have to get a course in how to answer for what she did wrong. it's going to have to answer in

front of the jury and i know he added a manslaughter or better at least he didn't dismiss and she deserves she deserves you know to go before a jury trial see and see what's going to happen with her you know my daughter to serve that are used to prescribe all kinds of dangerous drugs that we now know are dangerous about at the time they were doing the best they could to treat their patients and now they're blaming one of their own victims. for doing the best she could with the medical knowledge she. will love you. and miss you. i miss you hear me. i believe you hear me.

chills see. mr ford. but through this this i can spy out i can smile and say help somebody else. that's what i see. a i forget her. eyes you're really do you're she here every day i forget i do i hear you here. since that case happened dozens of american doctors have been sentenced in a court of law for over prescribing opioids. and $27.00 states is suing the laboratories for financial losses that purge you former company is now looking for new claims for its opioid it has created subsidiaries in asia and south america. everywhere opioid consumption is on the

increase despite patients knowing the truth.

certainly a one year are entering a new stage in sas. not just the broncos but needs to hear monk right i think we. already passed the peak of this willingness to be most global and most. progress in terms of developing development of technology has taken the development of communication i don't think it's going to stop. this control this country addiction between the safe alive and well worst will share but it will not disappear. because they give me my 1st big cup with them.

just that. there's enough of them old but i'm also the most companies you know so i'm going to give them says you know. when i meet. his compass he will be told most yanis you know he goes from didn't you know just to see he's just put a you know i call. someone the i'm going to hit it safe enough to let me see him in the middle you kind of this. day in the middle but if you come up to your list. so to you can see you know men because he.

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