this treatment usually reserved for patients in the terminal phase of cancer can be used without. pain. can enjoy. it really enjoy it must say i've been 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 known. the figures shown by pretty farmer a purely 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 it cost them 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 was 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 the license rights and is disseminated year after year during that time the epidemic takes root hidden in the shadows for so long the addiction of a 1000000 american citizens suddenly comes to light just days with the most people showing up for treatment saying they're addicted to the pills show up as read. 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 pain we need to stop saying this. for. us to. really 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 prayer. 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 stronger 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 time don't know. if it happened to one person you know ok it was an accident this is 5. that's right . i mean i don't know what our thinking miles i really don't i would like to know what your 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. kyle has begun his 1st days of therapy at the center. in his struggle against the

addiction only speech seems to be the hyper serenity. so what i want to do is look at the stuff that we this morning. every single one of us through. all of us have to see this through. several of the. is that i 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 dealing with the same thing you know i can relate to a lot of these people stories and it's just. a lot that i well i don't feel alone anymore so. that's what's going to fill lot better.

on day 15 of his treatment called relapsed. one of the patients who brought in heroin secretly. he couldn't resist. after he plunged 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. reading. your every move we thank you for this day look we think this work that's received 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 has when i see how i would just get high and pass out. 2 or. they may be. carried on. for me went to church this morning you know the guy before me. 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. he stood on 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 saw after the one to be there for him and we don't there's times that we don't want to so we have to set our feelings aside and support him. i think the really the most difficult as far as anger is this of just knowing. all the all these companies know what their drugs are doing and they will say it they are so hopeful when the

ruling more lives than their health and. in this presidential election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually meet what does the american public really know about the china of the day on this edition of the program the attempt to separate this reality. they didn't want to listen we or 2 of. those throat vaccines have to be acceptable to the point to ration before they were rolled out in a in a society because if the noise acceptable there is a real risk undermining faith in the vaccination system as a whole and i think governments are under such pressure to introduce

a vaccine rapidly that good the willingness to consult and to ensure acceptability was somehow a new road to. i think the only time we've ever been 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 with 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 that is roxy and if you. just heroin

according to my brother there even were addicting 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 kolob me lawyer ritchie with me and dr jason bateman they've all gathered to

establish a common fight plan against every single laboratory. case . dr beaman has created the 1st college education program with the country on pain killers addiction. and also what provide education to all of the 1st drivers from dentists doctors and bad areas right then and there. we think that there. 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 and 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. as 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. it was boarded 1952 by the secular brothers. until then their name was now known to the general public nowadays billionaires and very much appreciated by. made itself known as the patrons of museums such as the movie of the guggenheim but without anyone 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 they were doing they pleaded guilty to crimes for alternately with and knowingly crossing the north to be. that's a result of the one thing for sure that they were my. i mean billions of dollars and they didn't hear. 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 opioids. sacco's 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 purdue 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 change our policies they haven't changed their policies they keep approving more opioids. it's a big day for oklahoma the attorney general's teams are facing the lawyers of the 4 companies being seated a judge has to rule whether there's enough evidence to go to trial. approved

pharmaceutical activists johnson and johnson we sued the ones that we. did business and falsely marketed in oklahoma my goal is to have the truth come out i really hope this case goes to trial it's an enormous amount of money and they're going to fight to the death is what they've been added. to to try to show that they didn't cause us they're probably going to blame this on doctors and they're probably going to blame it on people like myself who got sick. we've probably got at least 20 lawyers already know that they have been insta spend on the fancy billions to spend on lawyers and they have no limit on what they'll spin in these cases and ship lawyer they are here from the east coast and they try other lie as much as they can. to 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 our 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. we will might some history on that matter yes. history. the lawyers of the fall 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 maybe

you can come back from that. to see how much. that's a better answer to get on. them out of. bed on never. and that was. all. i don't know what spin of all. since you were boyish. please you are scared of getting hooked on drugs you know. that's my biggest worry are now occurring 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 call 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 she should have been on that type of medication and each one especially diabetic. you think of the evidence says absolutely failed to show. this is. the law is very clear about what is a murder case and what is an aunt there's other cases involved. frankly with. egregious conduct in this. meeting you just see that make those or you just dismiss it it's very confident. you're waiting for the doctor. should be brought in could we have an interview with her maybe later as soon as because just missed 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. doctor 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 journeymen no he added manslaughter better please he didn't dismiss it 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 deserves that i used to prescribe all kinds of dangerous drugs that we now know were 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. with any childe see.

mr or. mr but through this this i can spy out i can smile and say she's helping somebody else. that's what i see to. take i forget her. i figure her really do care she hears everything i've got i do i have to give. since that case happened dozens of american doctors have been sentenced in a court of law for over prescribing opioids. and 27 states. suing the laboratories for financial losses the bird you pharma company. clients for its opioid it has created subsidiaries in asia and south america. everywhere opioid consumption is on the increase despite

patients knowing the truth.

while the demick know certainly. true nationalities. as americans cover thoroughly we don't quite seem to be saying. crisis what is this going to be more of things we can do better we should. everyone is contributing it's your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges crave the response has been massive so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that clearing it together. i refuse to be on the side of people who want to take up guns and kill each other i

want to stand up intellectuals are always there and i think are the shits there hold up no to violence no to bloodshed yes to think. less. more like. from the. last time we chased. each one of them carrying 20 kilos 'd of drugs. they just stepped right. into the fray and we have mean the money. they have.

i don't know maybe they don't. break right. now more. but we've been talking about. you know a number of weeks few months because it is a phenomenon and the point i've been making from day one is that it's. seen me that as a market valuation at one point over $400000000000.00 and it taps into people who trade means and these are generations and the millennia old song the robin absent other forms. no fundamental value there's nothing there

it's just it's a murmur ation like starlings in the sky they congregate and then they disperse. someone who will make his class. so for the country's response to be allowed to poison the opposition not. put some point in a big. fire debate from the but. why does not only need such a level of protection promote security civs political motive is part of the putin system why would the russian government be so stupid that even let nobody fly out to drew money instead of hiding him in russia france footholds almost 10000 coronavirus cases in a single day the highest. testing sentence struggle to cope with to log. on microsoft accuses russia china iran of trying to meddle in the us elections for cyber attacks on the.