Transcripts For RT Documentary 20240712

During that time the epidemic takes root in the shadows for so long the addiction of a 1000000 american citizens suddenly comes to light his days with the most people showing up for treatment saying theyre addicted to pills show up is read on the road 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 one of the drugs 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 i got 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. Or. That we follow it thank you for the mildew we have we love you so much. And all my family in jesus christ im a prick. Its just its. The chills that 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 shy and if i were struggling with this its a daily thing you go away they go people say you have to let it go tell us tell us how you do damned. If that happened to one person you know ok it was an act that this. I think. Thats right nancy i mean i dont know what our thinking was i really dont i would like to know what her thinking was how did she think i was hoping. To see 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 paper serenity. Ok so what i want to do today is incorporate a little bit the stuff that we this morning every single one of us to give myself when we come in here all of us have to do this particular thing. Several of the guys that are in here 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 it. Is. It. 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 i wanted to do. There. Everybody else here is dealing with the same thing and you know i can relate to a lot of these people stories and its just. A lot imo i dont feel alone anymore so. Thats thats going to 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 pass out. 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 saw have to be someone else 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 a sort of just knowing. All the all these Companies Know what their drugs are doing and they will say they are so helpful in the routing more lives than theyre helping. By the pandemic no certainly no borders and just blocking 2 nationalities. As a marine. We dont look like seeing the whole world needs to be. Judged as common every crisis at least. We can do better we should be doing better. Everyone is contributing your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is creating the response has been so many good people are helping us. It makes us feel very proud that were in it together. Well weve been talking about. You know number of weeks few months because it is a phenomenon and the point ive been making from day one is that its. A me that has a market valuation at one point over 400000000000. 00 and it taps into people to trade means and these are generations and the millennium goals on the robin apps and other forms and meaning the have no fundamental value theres nothing there its just its a murmur ation like starlings in the sky they conjure day and then they disperse. In this president ial election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually need instead what does the American Public really know about the china day on this edition of the program the attempt to separate this real. News theres a war. It sounds. As a name for. The book you say. When you use the book with. Those with the police using the media of course. I think the only time weve ever had any sort of opiates in my house was after my surgery last year. And we knew about. Well you had them yeah. Yeah i assured my mom wouldnt let me take the microscope and i was so scared thats what they prescribe him he had the same exact stuff that my brother got addicted to oxy artsy kind of causes. Which the street name for that is roxy and if you. Just heroin according to my brother there even were addicting one 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 andrew culottes me lawyer ritchie with me and dr 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 1st drivers from dentists doctors and back in the areas right then and there. We think that that will be 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. Practice or not person writing these and weve seen over 20 percent decline in a prescription in oklahoma over the last 2 years 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 ploughmans 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 about the Sackler 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 father was boarded 952 by the secular brothers. Until then did name was known to the general public nowadays billionaires and very much appreciated by. Made itself known as the patrons of museums such as the movie all 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. An exactly what they were doing they pleaded guilty to crimes for alternately with and knowingly crossing the north of the oxycontin thats resulted in the one thing for sure that they were my. I mean billions of dollars and they didnt hear who destroyed it what damage it caused 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. This actors 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. Johnson and johnson we sued the ones that we. Did business and call Street Market in oklahoma my goal was to have the truth come out i really hope this case goes to trial its an enormous. And theyre going to fight for 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 that. Weve probably. At least 20. 00 for going on what they have been a insta spend on the fancy billions to spend on lawyers and they have no limit on what theyll spin in these cases and they ship lawyer a day out here from the east coast and they try other lie as much as they can in. It to years of investigation and hearings the course of history to change but the time to reckoning is common for the 1st time full laboratories will be judged as being responsible for the crisis. One day i think they would like us to stop. And go away were not we cant wait for your trial 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 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. Good history. The lawyers of the full laboratories duchess 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 can come back from that injury very generously how much or. Thats a better look at another. Face to mouth. That on ever. And that was. All. I dont know what spin of all. Since you were voice. But please you are scared of getting hooked on drugs you know. Thats my biggest worry are now approaching that i think. Its been 3 months since calm reintegrated the ranch is there he is coming to an end he now has to leave find a new routine where paying calloused dont exist. Now that im sober and or feel a 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 nicole. 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 the 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. Witnesses died as it was why should anyone outside of medication and each one especially diabetic. You think of the evidence that is 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 it so are you confident. Youre waiting for the doctor. Should be brought in could we have an interview with her maybe later as soon as the case dismissed you. 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. 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. 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 in the know it added manslaughter or better at least 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 their 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. Will love you. And miss you. I miss you hear me. I believe you hear me. With any childe see. Mr card. But through this through this i can spot i can smile and say shes helping somebody else. Thats what i see to. Take i forget her. I figured her really do you she here every day i forget i do i have to give. Since that case happened dozens of american doctors have been sentenced in a court of law for over prescribing opioids. And 27 states. Suing the laboratories for financial losses that purge you former 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. I refuse to be on the side of people who want to kill each other i want to stay home intellectual. And i think theyre all well know to violence no to bloodshed yes to think. Less. War like. New gold rush is underway in ghana thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields hoping to strike it rich here is a good day our 1st day oh by the children are torn between gold. My family was very poor i thought i was doing my best to get back to school which side will have the strongest appeal. Shows seemed wrong odd roles just all. In the world yet to shape out this day become active. And engaged because of the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. 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