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more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs. overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that s one overdose death every thirty minutes. the overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. that s a massive increase. massive. over the past 10 years, we ve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. the food and drug administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro - over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro won t be abused?you re going to have people die. this week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america - opioid painkillers. there is big contr ....
overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that s one overdose death every thirty minutes. the overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. that s a massive increase. massive. over the past 10 years, we ve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. the food and drug administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro - over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro won t be abused?you re going to have people die. this week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america - opioid painkillers. there is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. the ....
seventeen thousand americans every year. that s one overdose death every thirty minutes. the overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. that s a massive increase. massive. over the past 10 years, we ve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. the food and drug administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro - over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro won t be abused?you re going to have people die. this week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america - opioid painkillers. there is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. the drug about to hit the market is called zohydro. but many ar ....
opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that s one overdose death every thirty minutes. the overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. that s a massive increase. massive. over the past 10 years, we ve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. the food and drug administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro - over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro won t be abused?you re going to have people die. this week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america - opioid painkillers. there is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. the drug about to hit the market i ....
seventeen thousand americans every year. that s one overdose death every thirty minutes. the overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. that s a massive increase. massive. over the past 10 years, we ve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. the food and drug administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro - over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro won t be abused?you re going to have people die. this week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america - opioid painkillers. there is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. the drug about to hit the market is called zohydro. but many ar ....