How Alex Murdaugh Case Shines Light On Opioid Addiction In South Carolina
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2021
- NBC News’ Erik Ortiz explains how Alex Murdaugh’s 20-year-old opioid addiction ties into his case, and the ongoing opioid addiction in South Carolina.
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The problem now is they won't give any pain medicine to anyone who needs it. Complain about addictions and everyone suffers. Have an operation, too bad. You gotta deal with the pain. Get a tooth pulled, too bad. Not everyone abuses their meds.
That's the same thing I have in mind... 🤦🏾♂️...
Believe me, you don’t want those pain meds!
@Sherry A. Presley You're absolutely right about that! My husband suffers everyday with fusing bones and surgery after surgery and all they give him is shots that do absolutely nothing for him. It all has to do with this opioid crisis!! Some people actually need the pain meds and can't get them because of this.
Pain meds helped me through a very difficult disease.
You have to deal with the addictions man...
All S. Carolina has to do is allow recreational and medical THC. The opioid crisis data shows that Colorado has had the lowest in new pain killer prescriptions while Kentucky the highest
Colorado CDC has made every patient subject to an arbitrary morphine equivalent number regardless of need. Draconion. The pot doesn't work for everyone but yes some folks do well. There is also recreational pot for age 21.
No. It would be wonderful if it were that easy, but try to offer an opioid addict going through withdrawals some THC, and see what happens. They have to be off the drugs first. They are afraid of not having opioids; they aren't try to stay intoxicated with a less lethal substance. The closest alternative would be Kratom.
I told my home nurse that I was smoking or drinking in tea, marijuana. She was ok with that as long as they were not going to prescribe a main med.
@Marcandme Seldon Some people think weed is a "cure all." Kratom is a closer analog and can stop the withdrawals that opioid users are terrified of and the chronic pain patients are trying to manage.
I just hope the Biden Adm. made SURE the Taliban takes GOOD CARE of the vast opium fields in Afghanistan for Big Pharma....($$$ :))
My mother has to sit on each step and use her arms to get up the stairs
She’s not able to get pain medication.. But Alex knows how
Buprenorphine. Butrans patches. Saved my life while I awaited spine surgeries.
Exactly!!!! Those of us who regain a quality of life by using opioids legally are being stigmatized and treated like criminals. The doctors think you’re taking them to get high, well if your idea of getting high is being able to do the dishes and vacuum the floor and yes I want to get high
Go to a pain clinic, or your mom rather, if that’s not an option , go to methadone clinic and claim addiction, that second option would be a pain at least at first, but it beats suffering I would think. I’ve been through all this stuff with my mom and brother, mom needing meds and having to go to a pain clinic instead of being able to get them from her regular doctor. General MD’s are scared of the DEA or who ever scrutinizes their prescriptions. Once the people at the pain clinic realize your mom is in actual pain , if it’s a decent clinic ,they will stop thinking she’s just wanting pain meds to sell or get high, they are programmed to suspect every patient for the same reason as the MD’s.
Edit; if you have options, check reviews on clinic and maybe get a decent doc at one somewhere. 90 percent of them seemed to be staffed with people , including the docs that are borderline incompetent on top of just being in the whole thing for money, they could careless, you should know this before you try to deal with one. Sometimes the better option is a methadone clinic, keep that in mind if you happen to go that way, best of luck to your mom and yourself. There is also always weed, it does offer some relief and has excellent anti inflammatory properties, you don’t have to smoke it anymore, it can be vaped and comes in a wide range of edibles. Delta 8 THC is suppose to be legal everywhere now. It’s effective, might want to consider it. Good luck
@@noonespecific9463 they are shutting down those pain clinics here left and right. I hope she can find some relief but the media outrage is fueling vengeance and putting us all under the same umbrella. Their thinking these days are if you aren’t dyi from some terminal illness then you don’t deserve relief
The medical community has over swung in the opposite direction. Now, many people like your mother have pain that is under treated. You can be the smartest pain physician in the world, but if you don’t have chronic pain you will never fully understand….
It’s ironic that there were more opiate related deaths last year than ever recorded. Objectively speaking, hammering the drug companies like Purdue hasn’t improved the situation, it’s gotten worse. 🤔
Wait… did they really say he wrote bad checks to drug dealers? And here I was thinking they were a cash only operation all my life… 🤣
Money is money.
@@lordorris a check isnt though…
@@laughingalltheway007 A check isn't what? Money? It's literally a document that guarantees money. If you think the client is good for it then ofc a dealer would have no reason not to take a check. Money is money.
@@lordorris Dude I wasn’t exactly looking for an argument here. But if you must… it does not guarantee the money. Ever heard of a check hold? Ever heard of a returned check? A check is only a piece of paper until a bank processes it. But I digress…
@@laughingalltheway007 You clearly missed me saying "If you think the client is good for it". No sane person is taking a check from a crack head, but a rich lawyer is another matter. Of course any sane person, even drug dealers, would assume a lawyer's check wouldn't bounce.
He most likely murdered his own family. Wake up!
Opioids as well as many other drugs open doors to demonic forces
@@landonstenersen3401 that’s a load of crap. Lol
@@huemann7637 that is your naive opinion.
But I should have been clear that I am talking about opioid abuse
& the maid! He killed the maid!
The wife found out that he killed & stole the insurance claim from her family.
I just live in pain now because some people can't control themselves.
Listen this man should not be given fame for addiction and more money towards the craziness. Instead, he should be investigated to the fullest.
@benji it all depends on what you consider to be conscious my boy!
That drug war seems to be doing more harm than good.
Has been for a loooooong time. End prohibition already.
Like everything the government gets involved with
In no way is this thieving fiend's behavior excused or even mitigated by being an addict.
@Rik Michael Been in recovery for 25 years. Go to a meeting or ask for help if you need it. I'm neither the problem nor your enemy. Be well.
This is very very sad, because for those who really need the meds, your putting those ppl at severe pain risks. That is not far for the innocent.
This man has no excuse but to use huge drugs as a means of mental anguish which is a cop out.
After pancreatitis surgery I was in a lot of pain. It took months to convince the doctors that I could not function with this amount of pain. At the moment I've been waiting for my synthetic opioid medication for two days, the pain keeps me in bed most of the day. I've stopped using opioids on the docs prescription twice now. This time it's just to much. The law makers fall into the trap of almost banning opioids by putting a lot of pressure on doctors to not prescribe. Instead they first gave me three meds that may as well have been aspirin, baby aspirin at that, for all the good they were in treating acute pain.
@@markh4926
I’m so so sorry. They can provide certain drugs for SSI patients but not this? And ppl can get drunk as much as they want but not this? Very sad!
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.
@@whistlep4494 I definitely could use the Lords face shining about now. Thanks
@@markh4926
Mark, He loves you. Please read Psalms 50 it is so incredible and near the end He tells us what to do when we are in trouble.
God Bless You and Your household.
@@whistlep4494 Actually I live alone, have grown kids and grandkids. I intellectually know that God loves me. However, great deal of doubt comes with living in constant pain for since last December. I never thought that would happen to me. Bleeding out three times was the most incredible pain I've ever experienced, I was begging the doc for meds as he was trying to get a live in my jugular vein, not enough blood to move the drug. Ouchy a lot.
This is just a way to paint this man in a different pathetic light. Diverting what he's actually done to his family & community. The guy he paid to shoot him will probably get more time then this man will ever see.
I have a difficult time believing that he spent millions on opiods. I have a feeling that he probably hired hit men and other dirty deals with that money. He's so well connected im sure he could have bribed a doctor or whatever.
Opioids are currency, more valuable than cash or bitcoin; especially in the Doctor's underworld! 😈
The fda leader created the epidemic. Look for the POST GAZETTE, PGH PA IN ABOUT 2010, the actually did journalism back then.
@@modenam9046 more than just one person created the problem. USA is only country that waged “war” upon self medicating. Worked out well🙄
When you get to be over 60 you should be able to write your own pain prescriptions
Oh I see trying to portray this guy as a victim addicted to drugs.....Did he have his wife and kids killed for life insurance?
End the war on drugs, it does far more damage than good.
I've never met a drug dealer who accepted checks...lol
You've never heard of Pfizer?
@@agentham street dealer...and you knew exactly what I meant..
@@michaelsanger7795 Why do you think the opiate epidemic is so bad? A lot of the current addictions started because doctors were being incentivized to prescribe opiates like candy.
Then once the docs cut off the patients from their supply of pharmaceutical grade opiates, the newly addicted resorted to buying cheap heroin to get their fix. So don't pretend like big pharma is innocent, as they aren't. A drug dealer is a drug dealer, no matter if they have a suit and tie or not.
@@agentham everything is always someone else's fault...the problem is socioeconomic...not entirely on big pharma...
A new defense... big pharma made me do it.
No. He's a lawyer. If he's sober now, he should know that won't work.
And the Sacklers laugh all the way to the bank.
@@cria3142 I agree, it's fxxked up all over. I made it out the other side and I'm glad you did also.
His addiction did not cost $14-15 Million even in the black market.
Oh this is just leaking of ignorance.
A lot of people who end up going to the black market sales route is because it is so difficult to obtain treatment for pain anymore. Legit pain. There have been so many steps added it is ludicrous. It is like people became so focused on the addicts that they completely ignore the existence of patients who genuinely need pain management.
So now this country's attempts to limit availability has backfired horrendously. If only someone had tried to warn people of this. Oh, yeah. Those of us with medical conditions that need it did till we were blue in the face.
You just ignored us.
No way he was an opioid addict for 20 years. No. Way.
I call BS on millions for oxycodone, not even Rush could manage that.
Kratom saves lives.✌️
Yes, but people are selling dirt saying it's life-saving Kratom.
When your third generation wealthy, youre only eccentric....not a drug addicted bozo.
Let's not put limits on the guy, geez...
You have got to love how NBC news made zero reference to the pharmaceutical companies guilty of pandering these drugs and advertising them as harmless- all perfectly safe for FDA use of course.
And convenient they didn’t put the brand name bottles of these drugs on the thumbnail either because it concerns a certain pharmaceutical company that must not be named.
Let’s hold the companies responsible like they should be.
Quit blaming pain medication for everything!! Many true pain patients are suffering enough already,..💔
Alex was a user and most likely a seller too. There was a lot of young adults dropping like flies last summer using pills here in Hampton. I wouldn’t doubt Alex was involved somehow.
This is a very broad defense. Did they have OXy 20 years ago? 5 million dollars, that's a lot of OXY, he should be dead by now. Can we use another defense? I'm sure he had to have used the money to pay bills, trips, furs, boats, a side mistress, alcohol, a lavish lifestyle because that's a lot of Oxy.
Doctors won't give people with real pain anything so people are turning to the streets 🤣😂😂
Seee it’s people like him that make it bad for ppl who actually have health problems like come on
People are having their Prescriptions Cut an end up on the Black Market buy-in meds... not sure about the murder part however...
Then...when people die because of fake fentanyl...the fda..feds...cdc count those deaths with the general opioid accidental deaths......
@@michaelsanger7795 Facts everyone dying from fentanyl but since it’s a opioid they say it’s from prescriptions when it’s about fake drugs fake oxycodone that has not oxy but fentanyl
So I got to go to South Carolina to get my needed chronic pain, quality of life pain meds?
Where. My friend is a former Air Force Vet. He has had bad kidney issues and it’s gotten worse. No donors yet, and he doesn’t want dialysis. The doctors are shocked to the core, it he needs pain meds and they have given him so a hard hard time. He has to go to clinics from Gainesville to Shane’s, for his kidney tests and Anderson, SC for blood tests, because we live here in Sunset, SC.
It’s been such a challenge and l can’t emphasize that enough.
God Bless Everyone!
I guess all drug addiction causes evil behaviour sooner or later
My MIL recently died cause her stupid doctor was overprescribing medications. She took gabapentin, hydromorphone, zolplicon (he increased her dosage two months before she died), pentaprozole, acetaminophen, anti-depressants.. to name a few. She fell down the stairs, regained slight consciousness, but died 5 days later. The amount of drugs she was in I believe, led to her fall. She fell more times than I could count. Please people.. opioids are no joke. There are many ppl over 75 abusing them and are paying for it with their lives. It’s essentially harmful to the elderly- their kidneys can’t filter as quickly as a younger person.
That’s a lie he is not addicted. He is using that as defense
True dat. Lots of people who get caught doing bad things all of a sudden find a way to be some kind of a "victim".
He blames his serial killer antics and money laundering on opioid addiction. That's how he shines a light. It's also, total BS.
The opioid crisis is unforgivable.
I think opioids ought to be curtailed, because they are getting way out of hand. There are so many addictions to these meds today than what there was 40-50 years ago.
Opioids have been both a godsend and a problem to societies throughout history.
Never let someone else represent you because you might get this guy who makes money on your bond
64 years old with a broken back, shattered, elbow, and knee replacement. Bone spurs and rheumatoid arthritis. But because of the flip-flop wearing weekend warriors, I can get no pain relief.
Let me get this straight. People are addicted to prescribed medications, so we crack down on the prescribed medications and punish the companies who make these drugs. At the same time, we lessen punishment for the use of street drugs and let all those drug dealers out of prison (I'm talking about California, BTW) and start giving away free needles and in some cities we don't even bother to arrest drug dealers let alone drug users (San Francisco, Los Angeles e.g.) I ask a simple question; which is safer, prescribed opiates or street drugs? Why are we driving people into the arms of street drug dealers? Are government officials in the pay of the Mexican drug cartels?
Legalize opiates and all drugs!
Best I can tell deaths from opioids are ok as long as there is not a paper trail that leads back to government in any way whatsoever, like say FDA or CDC.
No this is when the media decides to shine a light on the problem, when it involves rich people.
He is a lair and thief! Stay in jail!
The difference between pain patients and drug addiction is pain patients don’t get high on pain meds. More people are dying because with out their pain meds from their doctor they turn to the street and overdose.
That is not the way addictions works, and is literally the same flawed defense that got Purdue Pharma sued for being partially responsible for the opioid epidemic.
Just because you're enjoying nodding daily and worried about getting the drugs cut off doesn't make you an expert on the opioid epidemic. The same argument was made during AIDS crisis; we had a "good AIDS" and "bad AIDS." You're essentially saying you have "good opioid dependence."
@@dritemolawzbks8574 What a stupid comment. Pain patients need opioids to FUNCTION. Not so they can "nod off".
@@grillbaked I need the vodka for my anxiety, too. Don't play games with me. You're doing the same BS they did in the 80s with "good AIDS" versus "bad AIDS."
If you take opioids daily and abruptly stop, will your body ask whether or not you were taking the drugs for medical purposes?
@@grillbaked The OP and yourself are sound like privileged "dope heads," so I'm trying to use the language you can understand.
@@grillbaked lol so u Say because u obtained the drug with a piece of paper written by another human, the drug will work differently and not get you high??? 😭😭😭
Thats the problem with all of you that think you're not drug addicts just because u're prescribed! Many think the drug help them "function" and help them live a better life, that might be true at some level, but u mostly feel good because u're high on pharmaceutical heroin! Of course life feel better, it works exactly the same for street opioids addicts.
Oh and by the way, when i have a bad toothache , a single paracetamol 1g pill is more effective for the pain than me popping or snorting a whole Oxycontin 80mg.
But most people dont realize that and i cant blame them this stuff feel too good .
Im blessed to be in Europe where i can score easily 60x Original OC80'S for less than 50$.. in the states i would be super lucky to get half of a pill with that money 😭
And the most astonishing thing is that nobody Care about it, the heroin junkies keep doing their Brown cause there is still no fentanyl in it and the general population is more about coke and party drugs .
Oxy in Europe is almost a niche .
When i tell Friends i could resell the box of 60x 80's i do every 3 weeks for 6000$ straight in the states, most just dont believe me
the heck is opioid.. so like a drug for andriods
The FDA said opioids were safe....
How can anyone still ask what’s driving the opioid problem? In South Carolina, the most effective, natural herbal remedy is illegal. If you want a script, just go see the right doctor and get your oxycodone and heroin addiction prescribed. I know there’s too much money in pharmaceuticals keeping marijuana illegal, federally and in certain states. Lobbying should be illegal.
Don't make this about opioid addiction. He murdered several people. He needs something to cope.
They aren’t worried he will stab himself with the glasses , break off a arm an sharpen it easily
Shank who? That soft belly? I'm sure he's in solitary. He wouldn't last an hour in gp 😂
I feel sure he is giving special treatment. Did you see the way our sheriff TC Smalls shook and patted his hands during his court appearance?? It is sickening. You or I and anyone else would have been buried under the jail if we even committed one of these crimes! Alex has the authorities in his pockets. It’s so obvious. Here in Hampton we always knew that BUT I am so glad the world finally gets to see the BS that Hampton authorities have been basically allowing to happen when it comes to the murdaughs. No integrity.
@@bigDFH803 😂 Wellll, you guys allowed it. America, land of the young and free. You all built a little dictatorship in Hampton SC! He shook hands with a drug addicted, fraudulent, serial killer. Crazy.
But on a serious note, it's gone national now and I'm sure the FBI are hovering in the background, waiting for some jurisdiction infringement to swoop. That might come via drug trafficking, insurance fraud, hiring a hitman, who knows. I can't see a small town police dept being able to cope with 4 bizarrely connected deaths. Go Hampton 😂
Shame on you guys! The pharmaceutical industry isn’t getting its due credit here.
didnt know anyone who personally died from straight oxycontin... lost about 2 friends on average every year since they were discontinued...... call me crazy but i would have rather have seen them alive on OC than dead from chineese fent. Buep an methadone withdraws are by far the worse out of the opiod family and the by far the easiest to get but i dont ever hear anyone talking about that lol
What is Buep I know what Methadone is but not that one
@@blitzworld497 Suboxone
I've been in the methadone program for a while now and missing a dose or two is far harder than when I was into pills. Unfortunately got into heroin among other things. All started with a prescription for percocet, I have terrible anxiety and was hooked to that "everything's okay" feeling. A little over 3 months "clean" now but getting off methadone is gonna be one of the hardest things I've ever done. It's just government regulated opiate addiction to keep the money coming in. It's better than the alternative yes but I feel that a lot of us wish we went cold turkey once we get some time in the program. And I'm not even on probation. But can't drink or smoke marijuana..... because I'm taking methadone 🙄 Sorry to ramble but it's quite the racket tbh
The people who would die from oxycodone not cut with any drugs would have to be opioid naive, or stopped taking them, recovered, relapse, and then restart at the prior dosage. I've known people die from hydrocodone alone by stopping and starting up again.
@@michaelefferson5780 I've come off of two medications. You just have to keep weening down very slowly. Then start skipping a day, and then skip more, and then take the leap off it totally. Going off of it where it shocks the system in like 6 weeks is what is really hard. If you have the luxury take a year to do it slowly, and you'll be fine. Best wishes!!
Say it ain't so in South Carolina
It was never the nicest state lol
Oh… so he’s a long time junky who murdered his family… “long time opioid abuser”🙄
You really believe the drug defense, 🙈 I guess a story is a story, lol!
And no one is going to do anything about it though. Weeds illegal though so that's all that they care about.
Lol 😂
The opioid addiction in the south is nothing like the opioid addiction in the big city so don’t even try to act like there’s a huge problem in the south it’s nothing compared to Needle Park in Philadelphia, and Seattle!
More opioid hysteria. Stop using opioids as a scapegoat for everything. Some people have a very real need for daily opioids and now can no longer access that medication due to this ongoing hysteria.
Quick question quite quickly quite quick question quick QQ
My Drug dealer takes Amex
Truck loads of fentanyl coming through our open border.
If you close the borders they will just start producing it domestically. The problem isn’t the supply, it’s the demand. The real problem we need to fix is why are so many people in this country so miserable? Every politician should have to show one concrete way they’ve actually improved the quality of life of their constituents or be fired. Stop wasting time with this culture war garbage.
@@jerrycooper2306 Show me another country anywhere in the world with open borders.
@@imthebadguy3225Where in anything I said did you see me advocating for open borders? Are you currently taking fentanyl? Starting to think I got sucked in by a bot that just spits out pre-recorded talking points.
“Safe and Effective”
Telesur English..empire files..Abby martin exposes Steve bannon
He didn't use that much oxytocin
Next make a story on the divorce/never marrying/single mom/back with an L (youtube censorship sucks) crime epidemic in liberal areas
Not incense the word escapes me right.
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Biblically Prophetic
Sure, but George Floyd is still the opioid champion
Probably should talk about CHINA importing it...
Open borders don't help 🆘
Again reporting at its worst. 4 months later we learn that he’s most likely brining drugs in and not an actual addict. Fire this reporter and get a better one