That is far from actual fact less than one percent of patients taking opioids actually become addicted. Since 1988 doctors hundreds of patients developing addiction and yet in this internal memo the Laboratory Keeps on encouraging us representatives to sell the cost 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 kolob me. 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 all. The nice breads 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 these days with the most people showing up for treatment saying theyre addicted to the pills show up as read. And this is 99. 2001. 2003. 2005200720 extension 09 what you can see is that in every state in the United States weve 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. Back we wanted to find the patients that 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 shes 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. Its not acceptable to say i dont believe in using strong pain medications for chronic pain we need to stop saying this. Is. Just. That we follow it thank you for the mildew we have we love you so much. Over and all my family in jesus christ im a prick. Still sticks just to see you here itll be charles i came here a lot but i just feel like shes here with me every time i come here i just feel her presence you know it makes me shine if i was trouble with this whole its a daily thing you gotta let it go people say you have to let it go tell us tell us how you do time dont know. If it happened to one person you know ok it was an accident this is by you. Thats right. I mean i dont know what our thinking was i really dont 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 percentages. I get so what i want to do today is the stuff that we this morning. Every single one of us through. All of us have. To go through. Several things. Is that i that are in here were athletes. They got injured dad 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 id be in the house all day and then once i got high i could go out and do whatever on a new. There for. Everybody else here is still the same thing and you know i can relate to a lot of these people stories and its just. A lot of a lot of love i dont feel alone anymore and so. Thats thats made me feel lot better. On day 15 of his treatment col relapsed. One of the patients who brought in heroin secretly. He couldnt resist. After he plunged back he was sent to this facility. Monitored under high surveillance away from his family and son hes 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 cant seem to stop and. Yeah its highly addictive. Why is it so hard to be sober because you have pain i guess is just now im so over a half feelings. And. I mean to see how i would just get high and pass out. Back busy. I mean. Are you done. For me went to church this morning you know what i got problems. Oh ok. Im well its almost 12 so im 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 ill give you a call here after a little bit. By 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 hes her us the most we still have to be someones to be there for him and we dont theres times we dont 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 just knowing. All the well these Companies Know what their jobs are doing and they will say it they are so helpful when theyre rooting more lives than theyre holding. A. Meeting my best couple gets lithium and we said. Just that home that. Theres enough land i dont know but im also the most companies you know so ive been a kid who says you know. Not emotional when i meet all. Those companies he must get almost home pianos even though he goes well didnt you notice his conclusion he is prou. Told you so i called. Him a time and im going to hit a c. For nothing im not going to listen you see him a little you i dont know you kind of this. Little kid is. Always stay in the local but i dont go to your list to see and there were no money so do you see so no men because he. I think the only time weve ever had any sort of opiates in my house was after my surgery last year. At that time we knew about it was way ahead. We had those yeah i assured my mom wouldnt let me take care of them i was so scared thats 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 they give you the exact same effect as heroin and according to my brother theyre even more addicting. And he had legitimate surgery and i freaked out i was like no you cant take these and here he had just had his appendix taken out he needed the hump and i didnt want him taking them because i wasnt going to go through this again. Just like calls 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 and rick allowed me lawyer reggie with me and up to jason b. Then theyve 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 prescribers from dennis starkers about miriams right then and there. We think that that will be rewarded. If the result you were prescribing then 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 and weve 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 over. 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 thats thats a very small minority vocal harmonies 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 sack of family and back in 201514 bay and one of the richest families in the United States and theyve sold more than 35000000000. Dollars worth of oxy since it was really just. Heard you farmer was boarded 1952 by the secular brothers. Until then did name was now known to the general public nowadays that billionaires and very much appreciated by. Made itself known as the patrons of museums such as the movie the guggenheim but without anyone making the connection between their fortune and their Company Michael barrett intends to make this truth. 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 and for all didnt lead with and knowingly crossing the north of the. Thats resulted in the one thing for sure that they were my. I mean billions of dollars and they didnt hear who. 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. 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 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 havent changed their policies they keep approving more opioids. Its a big day for oklahoma the attorney generals teams are facing the lawyers of the 4 companies being sued a judge has to rule whether theres enough evidence to go to trial. Approved pharmaceutical after johnson and johnson we sued the ones that we knew about it did business and falsely market it in oklahoma my goal is to let the truth come out i really hope this case goes to trial its an enormous amount of money and theyre going to fight to the death is what theyve indicated. To to try to show that they didnt cause theyre probably going to blame this on doctors and theyre probably going to blame it on people like myself who got sick. Weve probably got at least 20. 00 for you know they have a insta spend on the fancy billions to spend on lawyers and they have no limit on what theyll spin in these cases and ship lawyer they are here from the east coast and they try other the law as much as they can. It took 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. It and go away were not we cant wait its trouble may of 2019 were going to have to trial and were looking forward to it we believe in our case i believe in our case with every fiber of my being that look forward to trying this case if i were the 1st case in the nation set for trial and weve been getting calls from others. We will set the precedent if i will might some history on that matter. Good history. The lawyers of the full 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 could come back from that injury averted genesee im not sure. Thats a better answer to that and im going to. Phase them out. That on never be. And that was. All. I dont know would spend of all. Since you were mobbed voice. Please lol im scared of getting hooked on drugs you know. Thats my biggest worry are now approaching that i dont think i ask god. Its been 3 months since calm reintegrated the ranch his therapy is coming to an end he now has to leave find a new routine where paying kelis dont exist. Now that im sober and off to a lot better more confident. Like my body doesnt hurt any more healthy. After he left the ranch moved in with his mother for a while. Hes 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 dr nichols 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 that jury to hear all the other victims that died as a result from that which is so the jury can get a picture of what she was doing here there are many. Women dying theres no reason why she should have been on that type of medication and each one especially diabetic. You think would be evidence has absolutely failed to show. This is. The law is very clear about what is a murder case and what is not theres other cases involving doctors frankly with. Egregious conduct in this. Meeting you just see that make those or you just dismiss it so are you confident absolutely. Youre waiting for the doctor. Should be brought in could lee had an interview with her maybe later as soon as the case dismissed joe. 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. If the judge has reached a ruling. Dr nichols will be tried for murder. Its an exceptional decision on the part of the american Justice System the trial has to happen in a year or less from now on shes banned from practicing. Doctor nichols on her lawyer have decided to plead not guilty. I think its a good thing shes going to have to go to force and have to answer for what she did wrong. Its going to have to answer in front of journeymen know if it is manslaughter better at least he didnt dismiss it she deserves she deserves you know to go before a jury trial and see and see whats going to happen with her you know my daughter to serve that they 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 theyre blaming one of their own victims. For doing the best she could with the medical knowledge she. Love you. I miss you. I miss you hear me. I believe you hear me. Chills see. Mr tore. Through this. I can. Spy out this while saying no so somebody else. Thats what us if youre. Ok i figure. I figured were you there she here. They are yes i do know if youre 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 the bird you Pharma Company is now looking for new clients for its opioid it has created subsidiaries and asia and south america. Everywhere opioid consumption is on the increase despite patients knowing the truth. 54 drugs and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to ill some air force base in a while. Where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area rush up. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. 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