Transcripts For RT Documentary 20240712

Oxycontin went from 600000 prescriptions a year to more than 6000000. Nowadays 30 pharma is the 1st Company Standing its used in the lawsuit filed by the state of oklahoma in order to prove its responsibility the team relies on doc to kalani. In the 1st 6 years of the release of oxycontin produce 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 spend in trying to block gun regulations. The manufacturers of opiates are spending more money trying to block regulations on all. The ice 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 this day 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 are going back and we wanted to find the patients the 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 have 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. Still. There we follow it thank you for the milner we have we love you so much. Over and all my family in jesus christ my prick. Still 66 you hear me 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 kind of you 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 are thinking miles i really dont i would like to know what youre 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 proper serenity. So what i want to do today is the stuff that we this morning. Every single one of us to quote myself when we come in here all of us have a tendency for this particular thing. Several of the guys that are in here were athletes they got injured that 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. Well do whatever on a new. 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 lie that i well i dont feel alone anymore so. Thats a stranger feel lot better. On day 15 of his treatment called relapsed. One of the patients who brought in heroin secretly. He couldnt resist. After he plans 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. 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 and. This is just now over i have feelings and. I mean it has when i see it i would just pass out. Or. They may be. Carried on. For me went to church this morning you know but i got problems. Oh ok. 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. 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 way so have to be someones to be there for him and we dont theres times that we dont want to so we have to set our feelings aside and support him. I think really the most difficult as far as anger is just knowing. All the all these Companies Know what their drugs are doing and they will say it they are so hopeful when the ruling more lives than the world. L. Look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. I robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders that conflict with the 1st law show your identification or should be very careful about Artificial Intelligence to the point only a screen is to create a trance i rather than fear. Conflicting theories shocked me with Artificial Intelligence where something the beam of. A robot must protect its own existence is only exist. Within. The sudden false and illegal takeover of a government by a small group. So rather than revolutionaries or soldiers could that small group the corporations when you have a tiny group of people who have all the power you have to have some means to make sure the rest of us dont get together and take it back. These are sacrificing some places that capitalism. Voided and destroyed for profit and left behind misery poverty far mental devastation and so you see things like Voter Suppression building more prisons you seem gerrymandering all sorts of undemocratic practices for wealth in that world for wealth in this world and theres no question that the. Only time weve ever had in my house was after my surgery last year. And at that time we knew about the way ahead. We had the yeah i assured my mom when you might need to take care of and 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 the season 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 cauls 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 andrew culottes me lawyer read. With you and dr jason beam and theyve all gathered to establish a common fight plan against every single laboratory. Case. Dr beaman has created the 1st College Education program of the country on pain killers addiction. And also what provide education to all of the 1st drivers from dennis starkers in baton areas right then and there. We think that that will do more to the result you were describing than 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 prescriptions 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 oklahomas 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 Sackler Family and back in 2015 they had 14 bay and one of the richest families in the United States and theyve sold more than 35000000000. Dollars worth of oxy cotton since it was really just. Heard you farmer was boarded 952 by the secular brothers. Until then did name was unknown 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 the. Well making the connection between their fortune and their Company Michael barrett intends to make this truth known. Do you think they knew what they were doing sure they knew what they were to. Exactly what they were doing they pleaded guilty to crimes for alternately with and knowingly crossing remarkably. One thing. I mean dollars and they didnt hear. 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 saccos 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 seated a judge has to rule whether theres enough evidence to go to trial. Proof pharmaceutical activists 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 trees come out i really hope this case goes to trial its an enormous amount of money and theyre going to fight for the this is what theyve indicated. To to try to show that they didnt cause us 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 been insta spend on the fancy billions to spend on lawyers and they have no limit on what theyll stray and in these cases and the ship lawyer they are here from the east coast and they try other lie as much as they can. 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. And go away but were not we cant wait to try out may of 2019 were going to have her trial and were looking forward to it we believe in our case i believe in our case with every fiber of my being and i look forward to trying this case if i were the 1st case in the nation set for trial and weve been getting calls from other states we will set the precedent. We will make some history on that matter. History. The lawyers of the fall 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. Bad for not. Going to see him much or. Thats a better get on. Them out. That on never be. And that was. All. I dont know what spin of all. Since you were boyish. But police are scared of getting hooked on drugs you know. Thats my biggest worry are now approaching that i think. Its been 3 months since cali integrated the ranch told his dad he is coming to an end he now has to leave find a new routine where paying calloused dont exist. Now that im sober an awful lot better more confident. Like my body doesnt hurt. 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 nickel. 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 off so the jury can get a picture of what she was doing here and there are many. Women died as it was why should anyone outside of medication and each one especially diabetic. You think of the evidence as absolutely failed to show. This is. The law is very clear about what is a murder case and what is an aunt theres other cases involved. Frankly with. Egregious conduct in this. Meeting you just see that make those or you just dismiss its very confident. Youre waiting for the doctor. Should be brought in could we have an interview with her maybe later as soon as because dismissed it. 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. For 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 the us from now on shes banned from practicing. Nichols on her lawyer have decided to plead not guilty. I think its a good thing shes going to have to get a course in how to answer for what she did wrong. Its going to have to answer in front of the jury and i know he added a manslaughter or better please he didnt dismiss it and she deserves she deserves you know to go before a jury trial 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 are 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. But i need chilled see. Mr ford. But through this through this i conspired i can smile and say help somebody else. Thats what i see if youre. Ok i forget her. Eyes youre really do your shes here every night you know i do i hear you here. Since that case happened dozens of american doctors have been sentenced in a court of law for over prescribing opioids. 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