RT Opioid Documentary Archived Message Posted by Gerard on August 25, 2020, 12:26 pm Shown in two parts..freeview currently airing pt.1....another salutary documentary....explains how doctors trying to keep pain-relief "in-house" (and not -for instance-, allowing it to move into the hands of the cannabis cultivators), convinced themselves and others that a "timed-release" opioid (Oxycontin), would provide the long-term pain relief their patients craved.....but also how Purdue lied repeatedly concerning the likelihood of addiction.. "Purdue trained its sales representatives to drive home the message that with Oxy, the risk of addiction was "less than one per cent", a blatant misrepresentation of various clinical studies and a classic example of elaborate cherry-picking and data juggling. That approach cost Purdue dearly: in 2007 the company pleaded guilty to falsely claiming that its blockbuster drug was less addictive than other opioids and had to pay 634 million dollars in fines. But it wasn't nearly as costly to Purdue as it was to the nation. Thousands of people had become fully-fledged addicts, unable to function without their "magic pill". As their prescriptions ran out, or they felt that they needed something stronger, former patients would turn to illegal drugs that were cheaper and easier to come by. The National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that nearly 80% of current heroin users started on prescription opioids. As a result, over the past 20 years, deaths caused by heroin overdose increased a staggering sevenfold." https://rtd.rt.com/stories/america-great-opioid-crisis/ Message Thread: RT Opioid Documentary - Gerard August 25, 2020, 12:26 pm Re: RT Opioid Documentary - Raskolnikov August 25, 2020, 12:47 pm An EXCELLENT Documentary -well woth your time :) nm - MikeD August 25, 2020, 3:11 pm Thanks Gerard! Powerful. Nm - Shyaku August 26, 2020, 11:42 pm   Searching