families decimated you lack talents destroyed think that it started off with a company in stanford connecticut that had some marketing material this is the worst manmade epidemic in the history of american medicine it's very clear when one looks at the overprescribing of opioids that's led to this public health crisis that the medical community really forgot the 1st of all which is do no harm. opioids are among the world's oldest known drugs there are medical religious and recreational use predates recorded history. these are really drugs such as opium codeine and morphine works directed from poppy flowers and it's some kind of mystery of nature why did the poppy play out create morphine that can bind to the 'd opioid receptors in human brains and probably that's a mystery of nature will never be able to answer but that is the case because it's chemically similar to the compounds that are on brain makes an $874.00 an english chemist by mixing morphine and other assets created a powerful opioid that was eventually called di a seattle morphine nothing much result. but from his discovery 23 years

the intervening years they expanded the company to other states moving their headquarters to stanford connecticut and changing the name care for produced by a private family many of them are doctors many that are philanthropist. a lot of money billions but they are now i hear typical rich people yachts dating models things like that their intellectual people they care about science cancer research on arts a 3rd brother dr arthur sackler revolutionized pharmaceutical advertising are there originated a blitz style marketing of drugs aimed at general practitioners through medical conventions as with well known doctor endorsements direct mailing and a sales force giving out free samples and perks. for the response you know wand and trust his 963 campaign for the new tranquilizer value touted it as a safe non-addictive stress reliever women particularly were targeted to cure the every day stress of being a wife and mom valuing became the 1st $1000000000.00 profit drug leading to an addiction crisis by the mid 1970 s. and 1987 dr arthur sackler died a very rich man his successful marketing strategies c

stanford players are demanding the conference, the pac 12, take stricter safety measures for the upcoming season. and then there's this on the east coast. no season at all. the university of connecticutg today it's canceling its season. the players will remain on scholarship, so that's key, and will continue to be offered support from the university. uconn's athletic director says covid puts their team at an unacceptable level of risk. uconn is the first major university to announce it will not be playing this upcoming season. >>> and here's an odd story involving jon gruden. players logged into a zoom meeting to be told that the coach has covid-19. now, here's the catch. he doesn't have the virus. the coach wanted to see how the players would react to the news and prepare them for the unpredictable season that is near. no word on how the team took the prank. >> only coach gruden would do that. only the raiders. we want to end with something good now, involving the local efforts to help families put food on the table. >> two nonprofits banned together, eat real and the student run nonprofit, the farm link project. today they distributed over 19,000 pounds of food. >> so we're really