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Actually become addicted. Since 1988 doctors have observed patients developing addiction yet in this internal memo a Laboratory Keeps on encouraging us representatives to sell the cost that 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 perjury 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 kalani. 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 than that of factures and distributors of opioids spent 800 80000000. 00 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 opioids. 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 deans with the most people showing up for treatment saying theyre addicted to pills show up as 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 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 and 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. Our. List. That we follow it thank you for the milner we have we love you so much. Ever and all my family in jesus christ my prayer. 66 you hear me chelsea come 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 were struggle 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 the time dont know. If it happened to one person you know ok it was an accident this is 5. Thats why i met. I mean i dont know what our thinking miles i really dont i would like to now want to rethink your strategy i 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 purpose remedy. 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. 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 any more 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. Here every fall we thank you for this day look we think 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 it is nice to hear i would just pass out. On. Me went to church this morning you know. Problem. 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. And ill give you a call here after a little bit. By ok bye. Histo are better. His relationship with me his relationship with his brother. His relationship with a 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 really the most difficult as far as anger is a sort of just knowing. All the all these Companies Know what their jobs are doing and they will say is they really gorgeous youre so helpful in the room or lives and theyre helping. Theres a war of the public but were pleased to give the police the most amazing shooting. But it sounds the guy. Was almost as a name for almost a year and the most moved closer and. Closer to the field so. Both of you saw. The point was to be used to move the book with those guys because god wanted those that would he was up to the police. By the up through the media of course 3. Times a financial final shot today was all about Money Laundering 1st to visit this confession this week difference. Is a good start well we have our 3 banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the Cayman Islands and it will pull these banks are complicit in their tough talk or suit a softer did much call and say hey im ready to do some serious. Ok lets see how we did always get out a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy beautiful jewelry and how about. Luxury on a bill again from that you know what Money Laundering is highly illegal so much kind of course. I think the only time weve ever had in my house was after my surgery last year. At that time we knew about it way ahead. We did 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 jackson effect as 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 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 and back marriott 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 overprescribing 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 boko haram is 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. Was boarded 952 by the central brothers. Until then their name was unknown to the general public nowadays billionaires and very much appreciated by our company. 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 known. 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. Knowingly. Or. Thats a result of one thing for sure that they were my. I mean 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 630 5000000. 00 in penalties and continue to sell opioids. 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 believing f. D. A. And taking higher paying jobs for produce pharma and other Drug Companies we call that the revolving door i think they should have figured out earlier that what was going on in 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. Did business and falsely marketed in oklahoma my goal was to have the truth come out i really hope this case goes to. Its an enormous amount of money and theyre going to fight to the death is what theyve been added. 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 being on it 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 while youre in day out 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 were not we cant wait its trial may of 2019 were going 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 if i will might some history on that matter. Good history. The lawyers of the 4 laboratories dutch to us 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 part of it and see how much or. Thats a better answer to that and other. Faiths to mouth. That on never be. And that was. All. I dont know what spin of all. Since you were mobbed voice. Please you are scared of getting hooked on drugs you know. Thats my biggest worry are now occurring 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 and or feel a lot better more confident. Like my body doesnt hurt. Healthy. After he left the ranch called 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 just muscle 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 absolute and fail to show. This is. The law is very clear about what is a murder case and what is going on theres other cases and. Frankly with all the 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 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 course and have to answer for what she did and. Its going to have to answer in front of the jury no no he added a manslaughter or better at least he didnt dismiss 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 are 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. Will love you. I miss you. I miss you hear me. I believe you hear me. Chills see. Mr ford. Through this through this i can spy out i can smile and say shes helping somebody else. Thats what i see if youre. Ok i forget her. Eyes youre really do your she hears everything i think you have i do i have 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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