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Heres what to watch for tomorrow that could be a big development and a big story. in 1996 a new painkiller hit the market. take the next step in pain relief. oxycontin. oxycontin turned out to be a highly addictive painkiller. oxycontin came on the market in 96. in 97 the company that made it already knew that it was being abused. the president of the company purdue pharma responded with a plan. we may need to start a campaign to focus on the untreated patient in severe pain who is mobilized and...

Being abused and this new plan not to address the abuse or addictiveness of his drug, it was a plan to push the drug further. those were among the documents gathered by prosecutors as they prepared federal criminal fraud charges against executives at purr do you pharma. even though a prosecution memo was brutal, prosecutors recommended felony charges against multiple purdue executives that could have put they will all in jail, purdues lawyers argued them down and it ended up with one charge on t...

Really has been ravaging american towns and cities for years now you know as the 130 americans die from opioid overdoses every single day i mean the cases are looking at figures like 400000 americans dying from overdoses of opioids between 190-920-1760 extension 00 of those are thought to have been in oklahoma and its in oklahoma that weve had this very 1st occasion on which one of the drugs companies has made it to trial and in this instance its been found against them what its said is that joh...

Addictiveness of their drug. >> dont buy that this was a good company. in the context of this case, it is not a good company. this company cut and ran. they took the money and they ran and they left us here, holding the body bags. heather: oklahoma is seeking more than $17 billion in damages from johnson san johnson & johnh denied any wrong-doing. heres some good news. a potential breakthrough for alzheimers. scientists say theyre getting closer to a drug test that would screen people for possib...

To diverse their entire way up to the border with the united states of america. we have embassies. we have con slats in these countries, go to those facilities, make your case. jillian: the aclu says the slaw patently unlawful and they will sue. a judge will now decide whether johnson and johnson is to blame for the opioid crisis. the trial in oklahoma coming to an end after seven weeks. the state attorney generals office slamming the drug company as a king pin and cartel accusing it of down pla...

Rob: welcome back. turning to the opioid crisis in the u.s., as one state is calling out johnson a and johnsa judge will decide whether that drug company is to plame as the trial comes to an end. the attorney generals office slamming the company as a kingpin and cartel, accusing it of downplaying the addictiveness of their drugs. >> i dont buy that this was a good company. in the context of this case, it is not a good company. this company cut and ran, they took the money and they ran and they l...

The company has denied any wrongdoing saying he has acted responsibly. several states have reached settlements with drug makers this trial could reveal documents and testimony that show exactly what companies knew about the addictiveness of their drugs when they knew it, and how they responded. so could be very revealing. >> bill: big story. dr. marc siegel is coming up later on that. in the meantime. a private group is putting up sections of the border wall and it is using donations to fund its...

They are reckless criminals. unquote. as the crisis worsens, purdue continued to deny the addictiveness of their pills saying the epidemic was simply a matter of immorality on the part of individual users. meanwhile year after year the sacklers kaepernick kept pushing their company to sell more and more pain killers. sales personnel were pressured to market oxycontin to doctors for all kinds of ailments and higher and more addictive doses. if prescriptions didnt rise fast enough sales reps were ...

They are reckless criminals. unquote. as the crisis worsens, purdue continued to deny the addictiveness of their pills saying the epidemic was simply a matter of immorality on the part of individual users. meanwhile year after year thepe sacklers kept pushing the company to sell more and more painkillers. sales personnel were pressured to market oxycontin to doctors for all kinds of ailments and higher and more addictive doses. if prescriptions didnt rise fast enough sales reps were threatened w...

Impressed. i did not think the evidence really stacked up at all. but as you start to look at other labs that are not federally funded, you go outside the united states, a different picture starts to emerge, and i think the last five years have really proven that. >> as i watch this, i am blown away. how is it as a society we did not know that opioids and painkillers were going to be so addictive and also seem to have also been so off on the medicinal benefits of marijuana? >> i think until our ...