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Opiates are probably not that risky and that we should use them more liberally. >> they dont wear off. >> it was the 1990s and doctors were seeing a lot of commercials like this one. >> these drugs which i repeat are our best, strongest pain medications should be used much more than they are for patients in pain. >> problem is, while they were fda approved for some kinds of pain, they were never intended to be used long term. >> we started to see patients who were prescribed opiates for their pa...

In medicine -- 1980 -- and doctors started prescribing opioids for pain conditions. and the major driver was the pharmaceutical industry. but in order to understand how this happened its necessary to realize the pharmaceutical industry used a trojan horse like approach to infiltrate what i call big medicine. basically the pharmaceutical industry behind the scenes launched a covert operation in essence to influence academia, to influence the fda, the federation of state medical boards, watchdog o...

Essence to influence academia, to influence the fda, the federation of state medical boards, watchdog organizations that are supposed to keep an eye on how doctors practice. and the pharmaceutical industry ended up perpetrating one of the greatest myths in modern medical history which is if a patient is prescribed an opioid for a pain condition they wont get addicted. now we know thats not true. >> so you have big pharma, the distributors who are wholesalers, the targets of the lawsuit. you have...

Basically the pharmaceutical industry behind the scenes launched a covert operation in essence to influence academia, to influence the fda, the federation of state medical boards, watchdog organizations that are supposed to keep an eye on how doctors practice. and the pharmaceutical industry ended up perpetrating one of the greatest myths in modern medical history which is if a patient is prescribed an opioid for a pain condition they wont get addicted. now we know thats not true. >> so you have...