i wanted to look closely at the perpetrators so i was very interested in the family who owned purdue pharma connecticut pharmaceutical company that a lot of people with the tip of this. of the crisis the drug that started this on the road to where we are today. it is not in opioid crisis per se it's a broad look of three generations of the families of family saga there is also two things in the history of this family that help explain the ways in which our treatment of pain and use of medicine has been hijacked by commerce and big pharma that's an origin story for the opioid crisis, tilted the lens of this one particular family. >> eric can you tell us a story of death of mod like and what made you write this account for the fight for justice patrick under patrick's book focuses on the causes and yours seems to describe your facts, tell us about death of mud lick. >> sure i'm also honored to be here with you, such incredible work with epidemic and i have a confession to make when i saw patrick coming out and i knew everything about the opioid epidemic i was totally wrong he has revelation a

-- oppenheimer in squirrel hill, and in unsettled, ryan hampton argues that the bankruptcy of purdue pharma fails to provide justice for those directly impacted by the opioid crisis. find these titles this coming week and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on booktv. >> you're watching booktv. for a complete television schedule, visit booktv.org. you can also follow along behind the scenes on social media at booktv on twitter, instagram and is facebook. >> host: author marc moran know, in your book, "green fraud," you write that t

get co-opted by purdue pharma, enabled purdue pharma.ry to the darkest side of american capitalism. that's where it became truly a profound tale that i thought, wow, this explores so many issues, i've got to do this. >> danny, it's willie. it's good to see you. this series is a work of journalism, of course based on "the new york times" best seller, by beth macy, and you start to get to my next question. purdue couldn't do this alone. it had help from members of congress and as we talk about the doctors who continued to prescribe this, michael keaton, who is the star of the series, plays kind of a small-town doctor in appalachia who becomes suspicious of the salesperson. what is the role, you can start with congress, but also these doctors, did they know how dangerous this was but they were making money themselves hand over fist? who in addition to purdue itself, which bears the majority of the blame, but who else can we point to? >> first off, i want to give a shout out to beth macy and her incredible book, "dope sick". she's been a won

is about purdue pharma.y ways. i wanted the show to be the trial that purdue pharma has not gotten. so we prosecute them but the course of the series by showing their unbelievably egregious crimes but at the same time, i wanted to humanize richard sackler to show, okay, so what ultimately>> michael, you are so thinks a lot about what's going on in the country. the cdc reports that drug overdose led mostly by opioid deaths were higher than ever last year. even during the pandemic. that almost more than peak car crashes and gun violence deaths combined, according to "the new york times." beyond the malfeasance and the people who actually were in physical pain, what do you think is going on? >> the pandemic accelerated a lot of stuff. and if you really think logically, you start to piece it together, and you think about, you go, it only makes sense that certain, that certain behavior, behavioral things are going to come out. there are so many times where i would read something in the script, i would go to barry

as you know, purdue pharma, the company, has gone into bankruptcy. and at least right now, the bankruptcy judge in that case, who has been carefully chosen by the company, has been evidently quite receptive to the notion that the sackler family, without going into bankruptcy, should be able to buy protection for itself. now that is fundamentally wrong in my view. i'm not at all clear that the law permits it, and if it does permit it, i'm clear that the law should be changed. if the sackler family wants to be immune from the deeds that they have been engaged in, then they need to go through bankruptcy, and that means they got to fess up to everything that they have done and to how much money they made and how much money they have right now. and they have got to be willing to turn that money over to the people that they injured. that is justice. and i believe we need justice, the kind that everyone else gets. the sacklers should not be able to buy their way out of this just because they made billions of dollars by hurting so many people across this cou

and it's also about how purdue pharma and the sackler family who-- so, yeah, it's really good. everybody-- everybody has a connection with it now, by now. you know somebody -- >> stephen: pretty much everybody in the united states knows somebody or knows somebody who knows somebody. >> it's on hulu, it's good, it's really, really good. >> stephen: we have a clip where you're giving testimony. can you tell us what it is? >> i don't know what clip it is. >> dr. finnix. >> oxycontinentin. >> so just to be clear you're blame numerous deaths in your town on one medication? >> yes, i am. >> and are you the individual that prescribed this medication? >> yes, sir. i did. >> stephen: yeah. ( applause ) so what's going on there? what's-- so, a lot of laughs, obviously. >> stephen: yes, yes, yes. >> no, it's really good. i don't know what else to say about it. >> stephen: did purdue know it was addictive? currena lawsts going on right now that-- and it's in flux for a minute, and i can't quite get into that. but if you ask me, of course they did. yeah, they did -- >> stephen: but they tol

the drug distributors and these are companies that shift onto chip opioids from factories like purdue pharma to a pharmacy. this whole case hidden away from the public and when we ultimately prevailed in court we started seeing gargantuan numbers how is it possible in three years as a community neared mud lick could absorb or have use for 12 million opioid it was impossible what was happening people were driving from all over from kentucky from ohio from north carolina, even as far away as florida to come authors eric eyre death in mud like a fight against the temporarily rich from this? guest: there was a number of doctors and pharmacist but this pharmacist here in a town of 387 people he was making close to $7 million per year at a tiny pharmacy this is not the size of a rite aid or a walgreens these are shoeboxes of pharmacies, he is weakening close to $7 million a year other pharmacist in the same boat and then the cash only pill mill ran by doctors were also making millions as well. >> are these pharmacist and doctors in prison now? >> many have served time, not all that many have serve

>> we really wanted to show their crimes and in many ways i want the show to be the trial that purdue pharmaake clear what we made quite clear in the segment. the sackler family has not faced any criminal charges. and the sacklers are right. this is an important point for us to make clear for you to understand. the sacklers have not been charged with any crimes. that's not to say that they won't be or that they shouldn't be. the folks behind "dope sick" think they should. remember the company that the sacklers ran, they pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple felonies, including conspiracy to defraud the united states. prosecutors said, quote, purdue admitted to marketed and sold the dangerous opioid products to health care providers even though it had reason to to believe those providers were diverting them to abusers. quote, the company lied to the drug enforcement administration about steps it had taken to prevent such diversion, fraudulently increasing the amount of its products it was permitted to sell. purdue also paid kickbacks to providers to encourage them to prescribe even more

-- oppenheimer in squirrel hill, and in unsettled, ryan hampton argues that the bankruptcy of purdue pharma fails to provide justice for those directly impacted by the opioid crisis. find these titles this coming week and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on booktv. >> you're watching booktv. for a complete television schedule, visit booktv.org. you can also follow along behind the scenes on social media at booktv on twitter, instagram and is facebook. >> host: author marc moran know, in your book, "green fraud," you write that the green new deal is an all-encompassing transformation of society. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, in the book i lay out that the vision of the green new deal is not chiefly about climate or energy policy. what they're trying to do is remake society, quite literally every aspect of society, and that would include everything or from health care, housing, racial justice, identity politics on down to our energy structures, our climate, our transportation, your home heating, your ability to travel, the entire spectrum of human life

my client is aware there have been addiction issues in this part of the world but blaming purdue pharmaufacturer. the scope of the subpoena is broad and the information contained in the request is privileged. what these local lawyers don't seem to understand is that there's a national pain movement that is far bigger than my client and its drug. renowned pain organizations have not only endorsed by client's medication, but the general use of increased opioid treatment. my client should be given a noble prize, not a subpoena, for materials. >> that's just a small clip from the riveting new mini series on hulo, dope sick. it chronicles america's opioid crisis from the company behind the making of oxycontin. the towns across the country that are still devastated from the drug. michael keaton plays a doctor who's sold on the idea that it's a miracle drug for his patients, but soon, he finds out its deadly consequences. >> did more than one of your patients become addicted to oxycontin? dr. phenix? >> they're good now. >> joining us now is the award winning writer and producer, danny strong,

that's the main headquarters of purdue pharma. >> they are the cartel. >> so what kind of insight intohere are several people who are the legitimate people who were in these different scenes, there are scenes that i did that were word for word what happened in the room and it's devastating, you know, and purdue pharma and the sacklers, they have admitted multiple times and pled guilty on multiple counts. it's not a question of whether they did is criminal or not but whether will they truly be held accountable. >> so much of this was legal for so long. >> so long. it still is. this show goes up into 2007. but it's still ongoing like the litigation is still ongoing and we have an opportunity with the sackler act to actually transform how we do things in the future so that families like the sacklers don't get to just hide behind a bankruptcy. >> thank you and everyone involved because this is a subject matter that has touched countless family from all across the country. it really has. >> yeah, i mean definitely personally my own as well and that was something that was very clear on set.

deal to keep moving forward under which the sackler family would give up ownership and control of purdue pharmapioid crisis. the bulk going to addiction and treatment programs. in exchange, the family would admit no wrongdoing, be shielded from future civil lawsuits and hold onto most of their multibillion-dollar fortune. unprecedented and some say unconscionable. >> they are getting a sweeping grant of immunity from any future liability associated with the crisis. they pay $4.5 billion and thaibl richer when they're done paying than they are today. is that justice? >> reporter: many of the states that were suing purdue have agreed to the settlement but the department of justice is asking about what about other people with potential claims? >> i lost nigh niece a couple of years ago to an overdose. >> reporter: when do joanne peterson get their day in court p. i lost a brother. >> reporter: their chance to confront the sacklers. >> that family should have to start going to funerals. >> reporter: purdue pled guilty to federal criminal charges in 2020 over the way it marketed and sold oxycontin,

. >> yeah, opioid crisis that began in the '90s, and we follow the purdue pharma, sackler family storyas going on, especially at that time. but even now, like, i have so many friends that didn't know about, like, the real truth. and this -- our show is going to reveal a lot of things. >> jimmy: how was michael keaton to work with? >> oh. >> jimmy: difficult. >> he's -- no, really just the sweetest man he's truly, like, a bucket list actor for me i can't even tell you. i mean, i've watched -- obviously the classics are like "batman," "beetlejuice." everybody knows those, right the classics but what shaped, me as a person growing up, was the film was, i don't know if you've seen it, called "jack frost." >> jimmy: wow, that's your michael keaton go to >> that's my go to >> jimmy: "jack frost? >> "jack frost." >> jimmy: where he turned into a snowman, right >> man turned into a snowman >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah >> with eyebrows >> jimmy: didn't he get hit by a car, or struck by lightning -- >> michael keaton eyebrows what >> jimmy: did he get struck by lightning or something >> yeah -- >>

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