The Sackler Family - A Secretive Billion Dollar Opioid Empire
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2019
- With over 200,000 deaths caused by Opioids, it's important to look at how this tragedy took place and who's behind it. In this video we look at the Sackler family, the family that has caused untold damage to the lives of millions for their role in the opioid crisis through their company Purdue Pharma.
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This month marks my 10 years of being clean 💯
Congratulations 💯
Congrats
Congratulations 🎊
Good shit my brother. I am trying so hard... i keep losing the battle.
Guiseppe Rios only you can change the things that need to be changed in order to succeed just don’t give up 😚
Being a drug dealer is fine...
as long as you're a corporation
Or a Drug Cartel who terrorize their own people
Like the methadone clinics.....
@@myto8871 I have wisdom about humans but nobody listens to me
In germany you have to tax illegal money. So its legal to apply to a business license for a illegal drug dealing business, so you are able to pay taxes.
If you don’t have a permit to live you are fncked.
Not one member of the Sackler family will see prison time. Sickening how broken the world is and that " white collar " criminals never get punished.
They were drug pushers who got away with murder
They deserve worse than jail.
They are above the Law -total
corruption! But maybe after the Nexlix series -they will be tried!!
They should all jump off a cliff. How could one sleep at night
@@yahs808death, a torturous death
I had a miscarriage last year and the doctor prescribed me oxycodone. It was 6 pills in that bottle. I tried my hardest to not take any of them because I was afraid of getting addicted. I've never even smoked weed before. The idea of getting addicted to drugs terrifies me. But that pain hit so hard, I gave in and took 1. I will never forget, once it kicked in, how good I felt. I remember laying in the bed and staring up at the ceiling when I said, This is amazing. I gotta throw this shit in the garbage! And that's exactly what I did the next morning. I don't want nothing that's going to make me feel that good. Hell naw! I preferred dealing with the pain than getting hooked on them.
Strong mindset. Congratulations
Good on ya.
That's will power!! The way you felt I just not worth the havoc that comes with it.
I don't know you, but he'll I am proud of you.
🎉❤ Wow. You are incredible
This August I'll be 7 years clean without this shit in my system, horrible stuff.
Great video sir.
hey, well done! hang tough!
C that’s great. Keep it up!
@UCdxyUeDXJwbDXcQZvW-exUw I was on suboxone for about a year after going into rehab. I then weaned myself off of the subs... I'm working off memory here this was like 7/8 years ago. I want to say they had me on 2 8mg subs a day. Every 10 days I would half/-25% it until I didn't take it anymore, at the end I was literally taking crumbs of the subs. It's a bitch, body temperature control, shitting water, legs shakes (I STILL deal with leg shakes somewhat and I'm 7 years clean) but yea I stepped the subs down and did so without dealing with the doctors.
@UCdxyUeDXJwbDXcQZvW-exUw I wish you luck sir, I know that demon very well... I'm no expert on shit but if there's any advice I can give let me know. Fight it man, it's hard and it'll take part of your soul fighting it. However if you want it you'll persevere and come out the other side clean and a better person for it.
@Justin Zhao I never said any of that.
I should have ran out of the examining room in Louisville, KY in ’96 when a drug rep from Purdue came in & said he had the answer for my chronic pain. Yes, it's was OxyContin. After being addicted for 20+ years, I broke the chain of addiction as of March 2019. I'll never let anyone or anything take me back to the place I prayed my way out of!!!
Hope it lasts. I was addicted too for 7 years and now have been clean for 2 years. But it is still everyday struggle. And you really should be proud of yourself. God bless you
I'm glad for your sobriety! Please, help others out of this hell.
Congrats God bless your brave soul!!
Well done Cynthia! That's a very long time - you should be so very proud of yourself, and I wish you and yours the very best of happiness and fulfillment for the future.
amazing! very strong to stop after 20 years! make the next 20 years the best years of your life, you deserve it!
My mom lost her leg in 94’ instantly was prescribed….
She battled the addiction until November last year when she overdosed 😢😢😢
My whole family is broken behind this….
I hope your family is able to heal and find some peace!
😞
I am so glad to be able to say that it has been 9 years since I took my last pill, bought my last bag, used my last hit. I lost my brother to addiction, but I refuse to lose my own life to it.
Was it addicting?
You're so strong. I lost my brother to drugs too. I feel your pain.
How did you stop?
My brother had back surgery and was prescribed oxycontin enough for 3 months, took one pill and complained it made him itchy left the rest in the safe. I was 19 at the time and saw on the internet it made you feel good so I started to use it. Used the whole prescription in a months time and ended up moving to cocaine to stop the withdrawal. Lost almost two years to that crap, my cousin ended up helping me quit. Proud to say I have been clean 5 years and 6 months.
Cocaine doesn't stop opiate withdrawal the hell you talking about?
Damn. Thats Hard. Please keep stay strong. I wish you all the best for the Future
I just love how these stories are all a lack of responsibility on the part of the script holder or the end user.
My mom had surgery & got a script of 5s & complained about feeling too high. I was like 17-18 in high school and heard the same about it making u feel good. I stole the bottle and started taking 1-2 everyday and sold a couple. Until a couple of weeks ago i was taking Oxys everyday up to 120mg a day & im 25 now. I’ve found out about suboxone & it’s helped me stopped taking Oxys 100%. Im a single father & couldn’t even get up from bed to make my 3 year old breakfast, didnt wanna take him to the park, stopped caring about haircuts and hygiene. I was literally on the verge of suicide because i couldn’t take it anymore. I felt like i was stuck in a nightmare and couldn’t wake up. Was spending $500-$600 a week on Oxys which added up to 24k a year not including food,rent, clothes for my child & I.. IF UOU TAKING OXY AND NOT YET ADDICTED STOP NOE WHILE AHEAD. OXY IS THE DEVIL MAKES U FEEL GREAT BUT UTS NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!!
@@RayFromBK I always say no to those hard pain medications when my doctor has asked me if I need any for pain.
I want to understand why people get addicted to this stuff, though I do vaguely understand it, but i think without actually experiencing it there really is no way to fully understand it, and there is no way i want to experiment just to find out. I think of things that I have tried to give up like sweets, but when a box of cookies are in front of me, I can't help it. That's probably the closest thing I can relate it to for me and I'm sure it pales in comparison.
I kind of also see a similarity with how much Coca-Cola is advertised and distributed in areas of Mexico and it has lead to massive rates of diabetes.
At the end of the day I know and can see the damage this stuff causes for people and that's why I know I don't want to ever try any, that's why I want to understand the addiction part. If people know it destroys their life, is there a way to get them to recognize that and say no to the short term high it gives. I know it comes off as nieve to think people can just say no, and I don't mean to say it's that easy at all. I only want to understand the addiction part because I wish there was something that could be done to help all the people that this is destroying.
a patient cured is a customer lost...
Definately right there. Go to doctor with nothing wrong and theyll find something to sell you pills for, lucky really you could have lived your whole long life without even knowing you needed to take pills everyday.
My own Dr said that to me bro..wtf
@@karenfavs.6520 at least he's honest lol.
A good doctor will find something wrong with you.
It's like a A.D.D meds, and antidepressants, you get on lifelong maintenance .
@@frankpaya690 Thing of it is though, SSRI's like prozac actually help with addiction. Addiction is caused by depression and depression causes addiction. I used to be addicted to Vicodin and became addicted to it because I have lower back issues. I still take Percocet but I also take Prozac for major depressive disorder. Percocet is far stronger than vicodin but now that I have been diagnosed with Major Depressive disorder, I was prescribed Prozac. I still have some pretty bad back issues but thanks to Prozac, I am not addicted to anything anymore. That may sound weird and you may say it wouldn't be of any help, that may be true in other cases. But in my case, it has worked wonders for me.
A good friend of mine was burnt badly at work and was prescribed OxyContin to deal with his burns. Like so many others, he got hooked and died from an overdose about 2 years ago. I miss you, Cody. The world’s a sadder place without you. I wish we could go golfing one more time.
😢
I am sooo sorry for your loss. 😢
I had an issue with one of my reproductive organs. It was at risk of twisting due to some inflammation. I was in so much pain that I took the morphine that the ER offered to me. It was an uniquely horrifying experience, but not in the way you'd expect. I got it through IV, so it hit all at once. It felt like my chest was being crushed by an elephant. Then... a scary type of bliss hit. You don't realize how much pain you carry day to day until it's all gone. For 30ish minutes, I felt less pain than I'd ever felt before in my life. The reason I say that this is scary is because I took it once, over a year ago, and whenever I think about how it felt, I almost want more. It's not an addiction, but I know that if I ever take it again, it will be. I never want to touch that stuff again, and I will never blame the people who fall down that path. It's scarily easy.
I refuse to touch opioids no matter how much I want that painless bliss. I suffer from Fibromyalgia, so 98 percent of my body is in pain constantly. What I would do to live pain free. I would do a lot of things but I…shall not touch opioids. I’d immediately let it take over my life, because I’m so desperate to live a normal life. I’m only 18. But I’ve been in pain four years already.
I really connected with what you said here as after getting prophanol? (the Michael Jackson milk) for a biopsy I realized how much muscular pain I had always had. It was an eye-opener for sure.
My uncle hung himself on Christmas because he was on shitloads of oxy. He was a veteran with grenade shrapnel in his chest and took oxy for the pain. He was a good man.
So sorry my friend, the gov't screws us in the end.
I am truly sorry for your family's loss, but maybe he chose to end his life due to the physical pain 🤷♀️
So sad 4 your loss. Merci'.
YES HE IS SIR I TOO AM A VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES I KNEEL IN HIS HONOR
So sad 😞
My withdrawals were a trip through hell for two weeks. I went from taking 15 pills a day to zero in 2 days. But I quit and never looked back. My doctors didn’t want to help me at all. No sleep but so exhausted, severe anxiety, skin crawling, body twitches, freezing and burning up, sense of smell so messed up, nausea and vomiting, no appetite at all and zero energy., I felt like I was in a nightmare and somewhere else for those few weeks. Never again. It’s been five years and my kids and Husband got their Mom and Wife back. Thank God!!
Jesus was a Palestinian Socialist thank you very much. I pray for anyone struggling with this makes it through.
ᎷᏗᏁᏖᏒᏗᏝᎧᏉᏋᏁᏝᎥᎶᏂᏖ your doctors could’ve helped by weaning you down off the Med by slowly decreasing your doses , over a few weeks .
Ann Feeney yeah but the moment my pain doctor found out I wanted off they took the hands off approach with me. It was a brutal reality.
Incurable Romanticist the more I’ve shared my story the more I’ve realized how rare it is. God saw me through it. My family meant more to me than those pills. So happy to have them so far behind me and a great life. Thank you
@@shesgoneforeverlife they were just as bad then
My friend has serious chronic pain. The opioid crisis was really scary for her, and she was always really careful about her painkillers. Then for some reason her doctor suddenly changed her meds. My best guess is that the opioid crisis had scared him, he didn't want to risk her getting and addiction or overdose. Unfortunately, the new painkiller wasn't strong enough, she was in pain almost all the time. She started taking more, she just wanted it to stop hurting. She ended up accidentally overdosing, and was extremely lucky to have survived. If her brother hadn't been visiting when it happened, I'm absolutely certain she'd be dead. Opioids are dangerous, but until we have efficient painkillers for people with chronic pain, then some people have no choice. (It's important that people understand that my friend was NOT attempting suicide, she just wanted the pain to go away.)
I’ve had chronic pain since 2009,been on opioids ever since. So 2023 there is a shortage all of a sudden. I would get my prescription and no pharmacy had them.my doctor would not give me anything else even though I never had a problem. I always used them as prescribed by my doctor and never failed a drug test. I was taking a low dose of norco. Well I had to go cold turkey and thought the withdrawal would be awful. I really did not crave them,but the pain came back like crazy. As of a couple months, I’m off them but can’t get no relief for the pain. I’m taking over the counter meds,but not helping at all. There is a lot of people out there in severe pain that needs help. People that don’t need them is screwing it all the hell up for the people who REALLY need it.
I got prescribed oxy after my wisdom teeth surgery at 15 years old, can’t remember the dosage, but I just remember my dad only giving me half of the dose I was supposed to take, and even that knocked me on my ass. Addiction runs in my family too, and I’m very thankful that my dad controlled when I took it and how much I took. I’m grateful it was able to do its job of helping pain, without becoming addicting.
Good job Dad!
Got all 4 wisdom teeth removed awake and never touched opioids. Your dentist shouldn't of prescribed that
Wow, thats a heavy med for wisdoms tooth pain! I have had two wisdom teeth removed and only got ibuprofen and paracetamol for the pain.
Sure it wasn't oxycodone/acetaminophen? Maybe 5 MG? Percocet orTylox? That's what my oral surgeon prescribed me. Unfortunately I had no-one to limit me? I was able to con that doctor into prescribing that to me for 6 months. That's also an affect of addiction, you become a cross between a car-salesman, lawyer, and politician in how effectively you learn to lie, cheat, con, steal, for some even kill
This made me so sad, and so angry. My mom was a victim of this epidemic.
I miss you mom. I’m so sorry they did this to you.
may you get justice
I'm so sorry. I almost made my son grow up without his mom bc of this crap.... We need to demand MAJOR changes to all of our systems
Same
Best damn decision I made was to refuse to take the codine when I got my wisdom teeth removed.
I'm so sorry to hear that, my heart goes out to you and your family.
Been clean from heroin 23 years , if your struggling just know I love you .
Congratulations
Awesome, congratulations!
@@janejones8672 thank you
@@djquinn11 thank you
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My wife was very briefly on Percocet. Coming off of it, she was in so much pain and she kept thinking, "if I just take the pill the pain will go away for a little while."
I am so grateful that she went through the pain despite having a huge c-section wound through multiple layers of skin muscle and organ tissue.
I'm one of the victims of the Sacker family's kill for profit scheme. I was diagnosed with degenerative bone disease which is inherited. I suddenly started breaking down and spent over a year in a wheelchair. The pain was unbearable even with the high dosages I was prescribed. But after I finally got both hips replaced the doctor didn't try to wean me down. I had so much money and so many possessions stolen from me because I was too out of it to realize it. My former pain doctor got shut down which put me through the worst 8 days I've ever spent. And now I have to have a small amount of medicine to have any quality of life but it's so much less and I think better but the damage was done and I can't get my life back I was robbed of and live on disability in subsidized housing while they live like royalty. It isn't fair.
You had the power to wean yourself. Stop blaming everyone else.
@@nonameshere1592 I was following doctor's orders. I trusted her and had never been in a position like that before. All I knew is the pain I felt was horrible and I didn't want it to come back. I had no freaking idea what was going on with the opioid epidemic because I wasn't watching the news about it and my family physician didn't warn me either. NO one told me anything different! I bet you don't have 9 herniated disc and needed both hips replaced. I tried for over 3 years to tell the 'specialist' who read my MRI I thought it was my hips but he kept saying pain travels and I needed back surgery. I couldn't get anyone to listen so I did what my pain specialist did until the DEA busted her for over prescribing and I went through 8 days of withdrawals. I didn't go looking for drugs on the street. So when I finally got a new pain doctor I told him I only wanted what I absolutely had to have and I have been on a much lower dose since. I got both hips replaced in 2015 and can walk again (I forgot to mention I was in a wheelchair for over a year) but I have learned to do research and am trying to hold off on back surgery as long as I can. So 'no name's here' or chicken shit might be a better name shut the hell up until you've been in my situation.
@@nonameshere1592 oh and I tried everything before I resorted to pain medication. Over 30 steroid injections, hours of physical therapy etc. Man people on social media are so quick to judge others! I'm going to stop saying anything because there's always some asshole like you who doesn't know anything about a person's situation but start typing as soon as you read something you think you're an expert on.
You really hit a nerve with me. I don't mind that you choose to hide your name but I would like to know what you do for a living. Are you a doctor? Maybe you were a drug rep or maybe your last name is Sackler. I had always been healthy and a hard worker all my life and had only been to the doctor for stitches and a case of strep throat once. So yes I trusted doctors! Why didn't my pain doctor start weaning me off the high doses of meds in 2016? I had so many people take advantage of me and steal from me bc I was too drugged up to know. And my sister in law worked for the police department and court system. No one told me anything and my insurance company kept paying for the drugs and my pharmacy kept filling them. I always took them as prescribed and I passed my drug test every time and my count was right. So where were you then??? I lost so much materially and the worst part was the years of my life I can't get back. Now I'm waiting on the results of another MRI on my neck. But I haven't asked for more medications. I wish I could never see another pain pill in my life!!! Not even a baby aspirin.
@@shannonfrench6893 lol all throughout your response you're still blaming other people for your sh!t life. You don't like to take responsibility for anything apparently. No one forced you to remain on high doses. Just because you had them doesn't mean you had to take them. But you did. And now you want to blame everyone else for the consequences of your choices. You literally have an addicts mentality. You could have read the rx printout. Googled it. Decided to find another doc to wean down. You had so many options, AND AN OBLIGATION, to inform yourself. But you prefer blaming others.
I'm not a doctor but I do work in medicine. You're no different than street junkies in your thinking.
I started abusing opioid pain meds when I was 16 it started when I had a tooth pulled and the dentist prescribed a stupid amount of pain meds for what was a minor thing. From there until I was 23 I was hooked. I'm clean now and have been for 2 years🤘🏻
The US is just crazy, in other country I had my gallbladder removed and was just given a prescription (not sure which drug) for 3 days after leaving the hospital. Any movement did hurt like a bitch the next day but I had to see the doctor in less than a week to view the progress so I new I need time to see if it got less painful.
@@0Clewi0 even in India we are only given a local anesthetic at the dentist office during tooth removal, nothing more and for kids pain meds for 2 days after, for adults nothing.
Howd you do it? I’m in the same exact situation
Congratulations!
Best wishes for an addiction free future.
Congratulations!
Hey, everyone commenting in the comments about how long they've been clean: I just want to say I'm so proud of you. You got this. Even if you relapse, it's not too late to try again. I hope you have a wonderful day.
@Biology Discussions so many people lost most of their lives fighting addiction...
Hey, awesome comment. Good to see such a caring person out there! You certainly made at least a few people smile and feel a little bit better. Thanks!
🤘
The Evil One has entered the world and even though The Church was mentioned in the video I would recommend going to Jesus’ Church.
@@Misael-Hernandez how about no
I’m referring to the ones you are referring to on your thread, excuse me.
As a practicing dentist in Oregon for the last 23 years. Pain management course was add as a requirement to take to renew our dental license in 2001. The emphasis on those classes was on the fact that doctors are not addressing pain adequately with patients and that there are too many people and patients walking around with pain. The point is we as doctors needed to start prescribing pain meds more frequently and with more generosity as to the amount. 20 years later the came back to us to tell us we are prescribing too much and there is an opioid pandemic. And who created this pendamic?? This family had the power to influence and change what is considered the standard of care so that they can drug people and make their billions. I understand influencing policy but changing the standard of care in medicine so it can in line with sales goals!
that's interesting. i'm a doctor in australia and in my training we were strongly encouraged to be wary of prescribing opiates. short course for severe pain and in palliative care. that's the only way i would prescribe opiates. i started my training in 2008.
My experience is that otc acetaminophen/ibuprofen combo works better for most dental pain (i have had a few root canals, implants) as opioids are not anti-inflammatory.
Honestly this underlines the problem with healthcare. Our training is inexplicably mixed up with the pharmaceutical industry’s bottom line.
It’s the same reason why doctors’ and nurses’ training emphasizes prescribing and administering medications, labs, scans, and procedures more than we are taught how to care for mental health or post-discharge care /primary care, which I would argue is a foundational reason why most patients end up being hospitalized and readmitted for chronic disease.
What pisses me off with anyone who has had any medical training is just how utterly wrong you all on how addiction works.
Were the Sacklers parasitic opportunitists? Yes but the utter ignorance regarding the mechanism behind addiction, tolerance and withdrawals (their all tied together).
Hutchinson and Watkins, 2007, showed that morphine-3-glucuronide activates the Toll Like Receptors (TLRs), of which we had no idea existed until the 2000s.
These systems look for the molecular detritus produced by bacterial and viral infections (PAMPs), with each TLR fine tuned to release a different mix of anti and pro-inflammatory cytokines.
In particular Interleukin-1 (IL-1), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), Interleukin-8 (IL-8), Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), Interleukin-12 (IL-12), Interleukin-17 (IL-17), Interleukin-18 (IL-18), Interleukin-23 (IL-23), Interleukin-33 (IL-33) which are the primary cause of the symptoms of infection. From destroying tissue in joints and muscle (razing sites at risk of being infected), to binding to serotonin receptors in the stomach to cause cramps and diarrhoea (to excise the infection from the stomach), to causing fever. Incidentally there is a huge body of work showing these cytokines bind to dopamine (motivation, focus, attention) , GABA (calmness, anxiety) , 5-HT (empathy, appetite, love) and a host of other critical systems disrupting them. Ever wondered why you get depressed when you have the flu.... It's your own body produced cytokines binding to 5-HT.
When you take opiods and opiates they for most part have active and, what were previously thought to be inactive metabolites, for example Buprenorphine-3-gluuronide, morphine-3-glucuronide bind to TLR4. Whilst the pain relieving metabolite morphine-6-glucuronide binds to mu, Ku, dopamine, serotonin (in the brain and stomach hence the constipation) and a host of other sites. They have a much higher affinity then the cytokines.
The problem is half life and metabolism. Cytokines have 6-12 day half life. Opiates have a 6-12 hour (opiods a bit longer)
The other problem which is speaks to the root cause of all addiction is what exactly physical and emotional abuse during pre and post natal development causes.
Hutchison and Watkins worked out in animal studies rats that were exposed to physical stress during pre and post natal development would not voluntarily give up opiate laced water.
See the classic Rat Park study showed that rats born in a environment filled with vegetation, borrows, and a host of things to do and eat woild, even which forced to drink opiates woild voluntarily give them up. It turns out happy rats didn't want to be addicted.
Lab rats devoid of all this however would refuse to give up opiate laced water, even when introduced to rat Park environments.
It meant that something was happening in their development that was making them different.
After detecting elevated levels of cytokines in their subjects and learning of the TLR system these researchers gave their rats a TLR4 antagonist, ibudilast (a extremely safe almost non toxic substance) the rats voluntarily gave up their opiate laced water.
As ibudilast was already in use human trials for opiate addictoon (phase IIIb) found that it markedly reduced withdrawals and surprisingly tolerance.
See what's happening is in humans who have suffered chronic physical and emotional abuse during their life it turns out the TLR that inhibit the glia were becoming ultra sensitive to stress (cortisol), activating and producing chronic levels of particular cytokines, binding to receptors as noted previously.
Which is why kids with ADHD, IBS, chronic pain, joint pain, cramps, headaches, depression, eating disorders a host of odd auto immune are happening.
Worse by the time their tested the event causing the stress/abuse has abated and thus its not easily identified as the symptoms come and go.
The moment the kid breaks a limb, suffers an injury their exposed to opiates, or their exposed to the blackmarket
And thus the first time they take a pill or shot their shown what life is like without pain.
Imagine being born with a headache. You simply would never know you had this until you had your first pain relief.
The problem is with these people anything making it pass the blood brain barrier will cause the hyper active TLR to activate and produce cytokines. Whether it's amphetamines, cocaine, or opiates.
More cytokines mean awful hangovers. To dislodge these cytokines more drug is required. More opiates, more morphine-3-glucuronide, more cytokines require more opiates to break through the the ever increasing number of cytokines.
This is a positive feedback loop known as addiction which is why we have some people who can use opiates for short periods and not get addicted whilst those who have suffered, in particular, multi-generational abuse, sexual assault, rape, physical abuse, and so on are so much more likely to use drugs.
Because their in pain. Now before you say bullshit know that ibudilast is not only on the black market but high end clinics are giving it to their patients.
Now the American system refuses to accept and understand complex things like this. Western medicine is filled to brim with conservatives who refused to see addictoon as anything more then a personal failing.
Mainly because they lived pampered lives (rich doctors and the upper middle class are the ones who can afford the uni and tuition for medical degrees) they don't have hyperactive toll like receptors.
The US government, media and other groups are happy to deflect their culpability and lack of empathy and care onto addicts and their dealers, even if that happens to be the Sacklers or the cartels.
But the truth is addiction is caused by our own pain and misery, the abuse and stress in the family and society (the rat race).
Instead of funding early intervention programs, social housing programs and opiate clinics that provide opiates and opiods in return for modified behaviours and adherence the governments instead invest sickening amounts of money into law enforcement.
Meanwhile conservatives in law enforcement, attorney General departments, health departments, academica, government and the health systems ensure that rabid policies ensure that we have a system that takes licences, prosecutes and sues doctors for giving pain relief to people in pain.
It's why people with chronic pain are killing themselves when the DEA slaps prescription restrictions on their specialists.
It's why liver disease and death from chronic NSAIDs is the top 10 of killers.
But you know what let's just blame the Sacklers and ignore our culpability.....
I have to agree, I'm a nurse in the US and have watched the joint commission, the centers for Medicaid services push healthcare professional to aggressively treat pain even to the point of cutting funding if you don't. But then they never really give any guidance on how you are supposed to do that until there's a crisis.
This is so enlightening. 24 years ago when I had 3 school age children I suffered from a herniated disc. Got so bad I was bedridden and on Percocet for 2 weeks before relief from surgery. I went through withdrawal but tried to joke about it with my kids at the same time saying that it was worse than the pain and the surgery. Really didn't understand until now.
The practice of using sales reps for pharmaceuticals should be extremely illegal. Doctors recieving perks from drug reps should have their licenses taken away. Unqualified salespeople with no regard for the patient should not be responsible for selecting the drugs to be used.
A lot of the DRUGS r MANUFACTURED in other countries that the FDA > DOES N O T < regulate= true...& our doctors still prescribe with a "million" side effects which r WORSE than your/our initial problem/pain/aailment...
All doctors do mate. I worked alongside doctors for 10 years.
I got lost in HSK trying to find the secret animal labs.
All drug companies are far more powerful than the even the spin doctors put on the drugs out on the prescription market.
@Julia A I agree
@@louiseevans5752 If I was you I'd be more worried about what you cant controll: both 4 and 5 G
Alex Flockhart HEY HEY HEY! Let’s not get logical and caring with our decision making. That’s unacceptable in any civilization
Was a roofer for many years and hurt my back badly in 17. The pain was the most excruciatingly painful experience i had ever been through and only oxys were strong enough to take a bit of the edge off. 4 months later when my back finally was recovering and felt like i was finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel I stopped taking oxys. Suffered an even more debilitating 2 weeks of pure nightmarish hell getting that shit out of my body. Im honestly surprised i was able to power through it and avoid abusing it recreationally. I consider myself one of the lucky ones.
I take a opioid based pill for my back, knees and hips (bricklayer) I have never abused them or taken more than the recommended dose. But I’m still a slave to them. Withdrawal means no work. No work is no pay.
It's fkn brutal. I was on Vic's for a long time when I came off the withdrawals were so bad I had them for years . Yes years can't believe I didn't lose my wife and house. Finally got on Suboxone and then weaned off that. Suboxone totally saved me.
Wow!
Kudos!
Good on ya, mate!
Yeah you really are. Amazing
How did people ever get on before Oxy? After my surgery, I just said NO. There are other ways to deal with pain, and your doctors should have done better. Not your fault, and glad you got out.
my ex boyfriend died of a fentanyl overdose. i miss him to death every day. both him and i got wrapped up in the epidemic, we were both so naive as to think we werent affected by it. we were supposed to get out together. these subjects are touchy but important to educate on.
sorry to hear. im sure that hes watching over u and would love to see u live ur life to the fullest. Enjoy life to the fullest for urself, everyone who loves u, and him. 🖤🖤
People with severe legitimate pain can't even get temporary pain control. This is insane.
Its because of all the junkies who get addicted to it then take zero responsibility for it. All they do is blame the doctors, manufactures etc but never themselves. I've taken just about ever pain med you can think of, never been addicted, never had ANY substance abuse problem and all is good... Maybe, just maybe it's the people that are the problem, not the drugs.
All this BS made up epidemic does is hurt those that actually need the medication due to stupid decision made by people who have no self control. Addiction is a choice, they made it so they can live with it. I know it's hard to believe but some people live in chronic pain 24/7 that actually need these types of medications and cannot get them due to all the cowards who refuse to take any accountability for their actions.
No one has gone to jail or has been held accountable since this film was made.
Bryan Lint. And, they never will be, except in the next life!
The system protects their own kind. System is the beast ruclips.net/video/RST-Rkmx_F0/видео.html
As long as you set up a big profitable business, all is forgiven.
They sold a product that was legally approved and monitored by the us government. More people die from guns why aren't we putting them in prison. It's not there fault it's the greedy pharmacy owners and bad Dr. Replace opioid in this story for guns its the same thing.
@@joearsenault8026 god please give americans brains...
2 days til 17 months clean, after 8 years of using. If I could do it so can you!
Cody first I want to say that's awesome...good for you! It gives me some hope. I do roughly 100MG's per day and I'm so tired of it because when I run out, you know what that feeling is. Worst physical feeling in the world and you pray for death when that happens. Would love to know how you did it. In any case, happy for you and I pray I can somehow duplicate what you did. God bless. Happy new year, be safe and stay strong brotha! Thanks for posting this comment as it affected me in a good way!!!!!!!!
@@DamageLLC you can do it! I have been clean for ten years now, but i used methadone at first to get off. It can be really hard to get off of methadone, but it helps you to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Subutex and suboxen are also helping people get off of opioids
@@jessicaxhanning2111 Thank you!
I wish sackler family and everyone supporting them a nice and endless stay in hell
Well done you!
My dad was a morphine user for years in the 90's and early 2000. He fell into a fire around 2005 at a party in the woods and was prescribed Oxycontin for his pain. He eventually moved on to heroin and meth.
My dad had never been the same since, addiction stole his mind from us. The world lost a great artist and sculptor that day and he never really came back to us.
Your story brings tears to my eyes. I'm a mother who suffers from alcoholism and I've recently gone on the wagon. I never want my sons to have to go through that pain of losing me to an addiction.
A party on the woods????
Lost a best friend and love of 30 years to this poison. He was a strong and great person.What a shame.I miss him every day
Me too 😢
I am very sorry for you 😢...but I am sure you going to meet him after this life ....
@@CrashOutTiming718😢
Was in a horrible car accident at age 20, got prescribed Percocet 30mg, got addicted to those. Ended up using Percs for about 3 years at which point I needed 1.5-2 30s just to feel decent and was doing a minimum of 5 30s a day. Switched to heroin despite being so against it, I was addicted and it was significantly cheaper. I always snorted it, never shot it intravenously, but I was addicted to heroin nonetheless. In 2017, I went to an out of state inpatient program for 30 days and life has continued to get better and better ever since. As of August 4, 2017 I have been sober. 🤗
_We do recover._
*One day at a time!*
thanks for getting clean and sharing your story
Thank you for realizing you were hooked and decided to change your life for the better. You do matter!
That’s wild. I’ve been stuck on drugs but for completely different reasons and rations. It’s always been wild to me, stories like yours. It just doesn’t make sense. I’m not undermining it, just from a different perspective “a previous injury” is a crap excuse. I had many of broken bones growing up and was prescribed loratabs/oxy etc and never felt hooked. The script runs out within days. Idk maybe I’m a critic but people like you sound either super soft or attention seeking. #3yearssober
Also.. pain pills are nothing like H. I’ve done them both. It’s just an excuse for people who took pills for pain, to continue onto something for their self.
I'm hurt right now, bad back limping for months, I've told doctor, give me pills to help with inflammation but no pain relievers like hydro and opiate likes. I rather deal with the pain then to get another addiction
One thing I never understood about the Oxycontin crisis is that the FDA has approved every single drug that is being used in the United States, and regulates everything that has anything to do with prescription drugs, yet nobody seems to blame the FDA for this mess.
Who even is the FDA? Owned by who?, operated by who? The people that can’t answer these questions aren’t also going “hey it’s that FDA again this is their fault”
Instead transfer the blame to a more tangible source like the doctors or pharmaceutical companies in this case
Thank you. I've always heard blaming towards the Sacklers but not once for FDA.
@@blackadam6445 FDA is operated under the department of HHS. Any approval of any medication is entirely at the discretion of the Executive. This crisis as it's called wouldn't have been possible without a willing participant in the Federal government.
@@timothybayliss6680 very good point I feel that way as well.I believe a bunch of people could’ve prevented this but they made more money if they allowed it. Just like that here we are
i read that the FDA does n o t regulate drugs manufactured in other countries , true OR not I do not know, heard this !!! & generics " do not work " a doctor told me this !!
I remember getting a knee replacement at 15 and my step father wouldn’t allow them to prescribe me OxyContin. He said anything else but that so I was given Hydrocodone. Even then he wouldn’t allow me to take it as prescribed and only when I really needed it because he was terrified of me becoming addicted. The moment the pain lessened and could be solved with Tylenol I was taken off the prescription even though I still had a few weeks left of pills. I’m thankful he protected me even if in the moment I was upset and in a lot of pain.
I was educated as a Registered nurse in the US and worked in the hospital in early 2000. I remember it so well, pain, pain, pain. Treat pain. And it felt like a horrible game. Everyone involved, patients, nurses, doctors, family members, pharmacists, certification committee, EVERYONE knew that we were dealing with addiction. And yet, we all had to keep playing and pretending that we are dealing with pain. Otherwise repercussions would be very serious. Pain levels were published in local media when hospitals were rated, our reimbursement depended on it, hospital certification and survival depended on it. So we all kept repeating the same thing, opioids taken for pain management result less than 1% addiction cases. And in doctors defense I would like to say that it's not that they were hooked on promotional campaign, at least not the ones that I worked with, but they could literally be subjected to peer reviewed and disciplinary actions if their parents complained of insufficient pain control. It was very from top down pressure. It is so hard to live knowing that I was part of the system that pushed people into the crisis. None of us became nurses to turn people into addicts. We all got into profession to help people and it's so hard to learn that patients were hurt. 😢
Great piece! Very informative. I’m a recovering addict from opioid addiction. I’ll be clean in September 6 years.
Why r u labeling yourself a junkie......??? Pain medication isn't for "junkies" stop with the victim mentality....you have recovered....that's it....
Rhonda Whyte she clearly said she’s a recovering addict which she is not junkie
A young woman in my town committed suicide because of prescription meds addiction. They're traded on the street by the same people who sell heroin. Just because it's prescribed use is legal doesn't make it less of an addiction. ,RIP this beautiful young woman. And well done for surviving this curse Sophia. I hope you thrive.
God bless you.
sophia foshee congratulations Sophia. It’s only something that a person can understand that has been through it. Be proud of yourself.
The shit brought me to my knees. 8 years clean!
good job :)
GOOO GARY!!
That's awesome bud! Hope you are in a much better place now.
Gary Wills ...I’ve been on pain medicine for about 9 years now..I’m under a doctors care every month for pain management but at my age, guess it’s gonna kill me.....I don’t have any hope at being off this stuff....I’m happy and grateful you are.....
In a detox as I type this. Much respect to you!
I love how you didn't just go through the numbers and went to the personal stories. I didn't expect that from ColdFusion, but it added so much to this story.
I never even knew about Oxycontin until I moved here from Europe. My oral surgeon prescribed me 30 of them after they pulled some wisdom teeth. In the Netherlands you take a few Tylenol or Ibuprofen for pain. I took one, made me feel like a zombie so the rest went into the trash. The Sackler family should have been prosecuted long time ago for their role in the opiod crisis we have now in the US!! Typical example of American greed !!
My mom broke her nose in 2004. This drug ruined our lives. My siblings and I were all separated and put in the system. My mom spiraled out of control. She lost the house, job, and car. OD'ed more time than I can count. Thankfully she's clean today.
Edit: Thank you all for your kind words, but unfortunately, she has relapsed and is currently in a homeless shelter.
@Inckblot thank you so much. Addiction kills. I'm lucky to still have her.
The drug was appropriate for the injury, the way it was prescribed was the problem, too liberally, a refill should not have been an option and a low dose should have been given.
@@nicholasr39 The medication was too strong. She was so messed up she couldn't tell the floor from the ceiling. She literally tried to drive to get refills and drove into a Walgreens, and no I don't me the Drive-Thru. She hit the building!
@@paytonpryor 5mg to 10mg max would have been fine if Purdue marketed it properly, instead they had pills with a 160mg dose. If she was given 7 pills of OxyContin 10mg and advised to use them when the pain was at its worst she would have been fine, instead Purdue made out they were not addictive and doses too strong. Marketed properly and honestly it would have been a different story. I’m so sorry things went really bad, The whole way drugs are approved and marketed needs to change. Perhaps America needs to follow the British system, we don’t have as many issues with prescription drugs in the UK and advertising on TV for prescription drugs is not allowed. The fact you guys in America have commercials for prescription drugs clearly shows the pharmaceutical industry has too much control.
@@nicholasr39 I hate drug advertisements.
Oxycotin is only allowed on terminally ill cancer patients in Singapore, crazy in US a doctor can just prescribe like that!
Oxycodone is very similar to hydrocodone and morphine. They should all be legal.
@@Cbd_7ohm You are not particularly intelligent are you?
@@TRPGpilot I question your statement. Have you read the “War on Drugs” a report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy U.N. 2011
I’ll cut to the chase. The Executive Summary states, “ The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world”. It goes on to call for the end of criminalisation, marginalisation and stigmatisation of people who use drugs, recommending models of legal regulation of all drugs to undermine the power of organised crime and safeguard the health and security of all citizens. So before you infer a lack of intelligence by those who call for the legalisation of drugs I suggest you read the whole document allowing you to make informed comments rather than meaningless and false assertions.
Not anymore
This scandal happened to a bioethics professor, who preaches against this kind of predatory practice! LOL
My sister was hooked on oxy for 10 to 12 years. Put her two kids through hell for the first five and three years of their born lives. She died after graduating to a fentanyl overdose. She went through methadone programs etc but it never worked. The Sacklers will have a new life after this one and I wouldn't wish that life on anyone even as evil as they were. The after death judgement will be just and fair.
We forget that the judgment afterward is all that matters. We can't escape that one
I was a firefighter paramedic for the city of Clearwater in Florida I left the station to go home after my shift and was rear-ended by The Parks and recreation dept. I was referred to a Dr. Who asked me to take Oxy,s like 10 a day. That was the beginning of my life being destroyed. I lost my marriage of 23 years my teeth my career and any and every bit of my confidence. To this day I'm still ( 20 years later) racked with guilt and shame.
Wishing you the best in your healing
We have to heal
Shame and guilt is just another way they control us
We are the most powerful important thing in this world
They don’t exist without us
We just have to remember who we are
We must heal and learn to love ourselves
We are many
My wife's doctor in Montreal prescribed it for her migraines but she refused to take it until her migraine specialist in Philadelphia gave her the OK. (Yes, we had to go abroad for her to get any real care). Her specialist asked to see the prescription, tore it up and threw it into the trash. He told her to never touch that stuff.
Good thing man that's 95% poison
My daughter also suffers horribly from migraines-just a suggestion or idea; Had she tried the Botox injections? My daughter has had good luck with them…they inject around base of skull, forehead; first couple treatments were sore; but been couple years & it had helped tremendously! Good luck with whatever therapy try , but narcotics are def not easy to go! Try holistic approaches first! 🙏 of you!!
@@lindahenault3598 have her doctors look into intercrainial hypertension. My wife had the same problem Botox injections were helping temporarily but eventually barely helped at all and she continued to suffer . After many Dr switches and begging for help ( she didnt want pain killers all the Drs were willing to write her a script ) she wanted to figure out what was wrong have it fixed without becoming addicted to pain killers. Finally we found a doctor who had experience with similar situation. Sent her to a neurologist to have her optic nerve looked at. After that they did a lumbar puncture And found hour her body produced way more spinal fluid and couldn't get rid of it fast enough putting a lot of pressure on her brain/stem/nerves etc . After the medicine they put her on she hasn't had a migraine since.
Yeah, it's not appropriate for migraines. In fact, from what I understand, opioids can contribute to intracranial pressure and worsen migraines.
@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 and yes HE IS
they made billions....they probably laughed as they paid out of court settlements....even a 10 billion fine is a joke for them..
The settlements were a fraction of what they should've been bc theyve been dumping profits into offshore accounts for years
Prometheus Midway through I had to look it up as well. Weird how it’s always gods chosen tribe who is gaming the capitalist system and buying off politicians...
Emil T. Keppie are you seriously associating all jews as being corrupt and evil? Ignorant fuckhead
@@mftripz8445 Zionist Jews he said, not ALL Jews. Jews are not a race, heck their not even a religion, it is factual ONLY if you came from Judeah were you considered a real Jew, all others were Zionist. These "people" are not in any shape or form Jews, they indoctrinated themselves into the belief system created by Zionist Jews. Even Jesus didn't believe in their ways, or the name Jew. He was a Nazeren, not a Jew. When you hear anyone say the Jew are the chosen people of God, they don't mention which God, after all Lucifer is considered God of this world by Jewish writings and testaments.
rosewendy42 I get banned every time I mention the chosen ones. But here goes, every chosen Ive spoken to either said z-nism was gr8 or it was the bad group who arent real chosens. I dont trust gods chosen at all anymore, I really want them to be removed from my society because they really have caused all the world wars, all the opiates, all the media misinformation and degeneration of the average idiots mind, and all the usury that has destroyed the average person and taken away their political power, created and perpetrated communism, and basically caused the death of evrope and the death of the soul in the coming hundred years.
But yeah its in the bible that “there will be chosen ones who are not chosen ones, but say that they are” and that they are “the chosenite temple of satan”
Its just best that we amicably segregate and never allow anyone of that descent to have any influence or power over other races again.
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it's shocking how willingly doctors are still prescribing this..
Not in Australia. It's so difficult trying to get any pain relief at all.
I live in a coal mining town in West Virginia, one of the areas they targeted. Last year I buried 3 neighbors, 2 childhood friends and my 27 year old cousin. That was 1 year, I can’t begin to explain the damage this has caused.
This also got me into a hell of a mess. I still struggle. My son got addicted to Heroin after he was prescribed this shit. He is 3 years clean.
Thats great news man
Well done on pulling through, and I'm happy your son is doing better now as well. I'll say a prayer for you and your family.
I really hope you and your son are fine :D
Wow! I lost family members to drugs and it hurts like hell! Stop the greedy amoral predators/sociopaths who are brainwashing our society! Expose!
"Opioids are not addictive".
That's like saying gasoline is non-flammable.
not really
@Julia A So , you admit the drugs they are using such as fentanyl, dia morphine and other powerful opioids are non addictive.
I feel you are being contradictive.
@Julia A They can also be tailed off without nurses or doctors help. You seem to have some obsession with addiction. What is your problem or interest with addiction. Do you see the need to repeat the dose as stronger than sugar or nicotine. Have you considered what you're saying?
@Julia A Do you understand how ion channels work? Perhaps you do or yor definition of addictive is different to mine.
Addiction doesn't matter that much anyway unless the substance causes damage.
So far I have seen no evidence of this.
Forget acute pain and think solely of women giving birth to new born babies.
Why do those new born babies not suffer opium dependency or damage?
Biology is a 2nd language to me so if you have any questions to ask it's ok, I won't judge you.
@@illplacemusic1659 perhaps you need to go back to school or scientifically test whether every new born baby goes through morphine withdrawal .
Just being a nurse doesn't automatically make you understand pediatric health and medicine and whether a few doses of morphine lead to addiction in babies.
Sorry mate, your talking gibberish
EXCELLENT VIDEO‼️ Please keep up the fantastic work!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks for the great work mate ❤ from Australia
Is it really justice when they make billions and are fined only millions? 🤔
Its USA. They paid the right people so they are untouchable. Sad but true. Its capitalism at its extreme...
@@ExcessumGaming ha.. yes everything bad is because of capitalism, it's always capitalism
@@imanidiot2180 No its because of extremism. In this case extreme capitalism. Anything in excess is toxic.
@@ExcessumGaming They are not untouchable, just hard to get to. Trump is in the pockets of oil companies. We have presidential candidates, senators and protestors that are fighting back
Excessum Gaming
Not capitalism sir corruption
6 months free of this addictive drug .
I feel better than ever !!
Stay strong
MadyMoi696969690 Thank you Mady I will 🌸
Hi there. Would you mind telling me how you got through the worst of the detox? Thank you. ANY info is appreciated
Kim Bolina hi Kim 😊 I was on these pain meds long term (around 3 years) then my Doctor changed me to Norspan Patches which then I tapered off them gradually.
I had a few really bad weeks once I was off the patch .
I still have restless legs of a night but I’m finding magnesium and an iron tablet each day helped me a lot. When I felt at my worst I had a ibuprofen and Panadol together .Just check with your Doc about the iron tablet .
Goodluck Kim it’s a hard road but stay strong and positive and things get better each day your free from opioids xxxxx
Peppermint Crisp thank you so much
My wife graduated from PA school in 2017 and was picked up by a "pain management" practice in Vegas soon after graduation. She lasted 8 months before leaving due to burnout. The business model was such that she had to see a patient every 10 minutes on average, all while having to weed out those with drug seeking red flags, risking the DEA pulling her license to prescribe if she made a mistake, and dealing with patients complaining to her office manager if she refused to prescribe a narcotic. And Big Pharma knows all of it, but those pills are so damn euphoric that there's no incentive to really make them non-addictive, let alone admitting that if used as prescribed, they _are_ addictive, but then it's all about "personal responsibility".
Well done man. Need more voices like yours.
And if Mr Sackler was selling his product on the street without a guy in a lab coat writing it on a piece of paper he would be in prison for life...gotta love America’s for profit medical system.
World wide unfortunately!
@Oliver Von arx It's everywhere but the US is objectively the worst at this, in other countries doctors can't legally recommend only one brand and commercials for medications are way more heavily regulated, Oxy also is not commonly prescribed in other countries
Say that last sentence to family members who have lost loved ones to this opioid epidemic
@@ethericboy Bro that last sentence was sarcasm?
@@abilea4081 The use of sarcasm should be apparent when used or it can and will often be misinterpreted
Crimes against humanity. Imho. They need to have all of their wealth confiscated and used to help those addicted...
I totally agree.
Like that's gonna happen. Hippies. 🤣🤣😈
Nah, that'd never work. Hopefully we murder them in the streets someday soon though. Piles of dead billionaires can save the world. Not that it's anything but self defense when it's a billionaire dying.
Bryan Gichuhi they will be dead soon
or make a.peoples government with refferendems on all serious matters
Watched Alex Gibny's documentary on the opiod epidemic months ago and was surprised physicians could prescribe amitriptyline, an antidepressant I take for depress!on and anxiety, _alongside_ oxycodone for pain. Amitriptyline alone could already make you dizzy and drowsy as hell (even at low doses) and could lead to a nasty withdrawal if you stop cold turkey (something I learned the hard way when our local drug stores ran out of amitriptyline for days). Can't imagine what it would be like to take it with an opioid.
Thank you for this great information!!
If it was a South American drug cartel they'd never see the outside of a high security prison again.
Govt hates competition
A point lost on the 1%.
@@patrickhayes7407 yeah that''ll show em
They would just pay guards to help them build a motorcycle tunnel under the prison.
Smart criminals call themselves shareholders, the stupid ones call themselves drug barons.
The Sacklers sound like the villains of an Assassin's Creed game.
We should kill them then tbh
Sacler or sadler heads of pedo file ring and Mr aisa masterminds behind twin towers and all other terrorism physical mental and chemical I thought Saddlers were natzis truth is Hitler was trying to stop this evil but they've stolen the Ark and tainted all religions with lies to support they're agenda any one can be brought or knocked of or commit clintonside using gangs controlled by a adiction and extortion they way anyone joins is by doing something bad so if wen you find out how evil the people are that you work for and try to expossed them they fabricate evidence and set you up with they're corrupt pirate court system wen the crest at court says in God we trust they're not taking about God all mighty they're talking bout gold oil drugs God the endoctrinated organisation breaching every one of the ten commandments thou shalt not judge!!! Who makes decisions at court a JUDGE enforcing maritime law on land
Medicide is genocide
@@kjell744 True, the Sacklers are Jewish and also they are hyper-Zionist. Intentionally poisoning Gentles for profit.
I hope that was a joke?
Had a fractured jaw and got prescribed oxy, luckily one of my managers at a fast food place had warned me about how addictive it was because I've got a ridiculously addictive personality. In the end I just dealt with it without any drugs other than the ibuprofen right after I had gotten hit.
Buy your manager a drink they were. Trying to give u synthetic heroin.
I’m a veteran w/chronic pancreatitis. I became so tired of the never ending bs regarding opiates that I radically accepted that the VA is unable or unwilling to provide true multi modal pain care and stopped taking pain meds.Then I added VSED to my advanced care directive. Dead bodies directly linked to untreated pain is what moves policy. “In some ways, suffering ceases to be suffering once it finds meaning…such as the meaning of a sacrifice”.
I had a major concussion in 2018. It was immediately life changing. My doctor wanted to give me opioids, I refused based on my own personal research. My family and those who cared about me, strongly disagreed with my choice to use cannabis to treat my paralyzing pain and calm my mind. I can honestly say that now, in 2021, Cannabis saved my life. Without it, I couldn’t have coped, with opioids I would probably be dead.
You made a smart decision. Pills was my ex husbands passion. He destroyed me and my children's life.
@@NtheMist thank you. I’m very sorry to hear. Thoughts and prayers to you and your children.
Yes now ur a weed addict
The sad part for so many of us is the government and corporate pharmaceutical companies. Neither profited from cannabis so it was vilified. Greed is bringing our government around but the pharmaceuticals continue to produce deadly drugs that in many cases makes life worse
You haven't tried Chiropractic, specifically Gonstead Chiropractic by any chance? I got a concussion when I was younger and my chiro was able to help a lot
Being a diabetic for 45 years, I’ve been taking Cymbalta and Lyrica. Twice, I’ve gone through accidental withdrawal every bit as horrible as OxyContin withdrawal. I feel as though I am a lifelong addict as I can never stop taking these medications.
You can. You just won't.
You should be awarded for your reporting on this video
Rich people don’t play by the same rules as the rest of the population.
Just look at the politicians.
And ironically, it was the Roosevelt family ( the Delanos) who made they're Fortune through opium, spreading it around the world and getting people hooked in the Orient.
Bat, it's not rich people ( who pay most of the taxes and create jobs and innovation ) it's the globalist, elite families who pay nothing and destroy the very fabric of society. Those are the villains, chase their cars down the street, protest at their property.
H Healy
Well by rich I’m talking about the 1%.
And why the hell would I chase a person’s car down the street or protest about them being super wealthy?
You must’ve mistaken me for someone else.
lobby for national healthcare then, big pharma does everything it can to prevent it because it affects their bottom line
A person that gets involved in Politics know how high the stakes are. The only way to become a politician is to be corrupt. It's happening right now before our eyes. This is why they Hate Trump, because their being exposed and it's playing out right in the media. Red devils, blue devils at the end of the day you still have a devil.
I got all of my wisdom teeth out and got prescribed oxy. My dad never let me touch it and threw it in the trash. I had no idea about the whole opioid epidemic and how addictive they are. Looking back and reading some of these stories I think my dad made the right choice. Who knows what could’ve happened.
Opioids for wisdom teeth?!? WTF is wrong with that dentist! I got mine removed and I had 6 of them (2two on both sides top row) and I got through that with just ibuprofen
Yeah great move by your dad
@@sotakoira1390 Some people have lower pain tolerance than others. Ibuprofen, Naproxen, & other NSAIDS do nothing to me, never have. I was given 20 hydro 10’s after my wisdom teeth. Most of the pain passed right by me.
“Threw it in the trash” 😂honey sorry to break it to you but your dad took those . You are stupid and very ignorant to believe your dad would actually throw those away 😂 but if it makes your childhood feel better ok
@@uberghost9064 sure but doctor have to identify that you're one of those people and not simply prescribe oxy.. Wtf.. After wisdom tooth removal I still had pain with regular pain killers but I survived rather than going for oxy.
Two years clean in 9 days ❤ detox was hell. I always felt that the descriptions of withdrawal symptoms never ever come anywhere close to what it actually feels like. By far the worst is the feeling that your bones are trying to come out of your skin.
thank you for the video
This drug was handed to me by a doctor who said it wasn’t addictive! I laughed and said it’s an opiate of course it is! 2 years later I went from 5mg twice a day to 240mgs 4 times a day. I hated it and changed meds and never looked back. After huge surgery I’m free of painkillers for 3 years now! I love a brilliant surgeon!
Ritalin is the solution for all addiction except porn and sex addiction
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 lol no it really isn’t, I know heaps of Ritalin junkies who take their kid’s meds!
@@johayes7529 If you are saying Ritalin should be for kids, are you saying kids should give consent to sexual predators?
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 wtaf drugs are you on? And wtaf have paedophiles got to do with ritalin? FFS I'm so over you flogs calling everyone a paedophile! RITALIN is a kids medication you flog!
@@fooddrugadministrator4079 wth?
Why are we raiding Area 51 when we should we raiding the sacklers house?
Guys why do you not raid Iceland?
Or lowering gas prices
@ANTI-KIKE SUPERSTAR lol, you know the Talmud is a written book of oral laws put together by Rabbis around the year 500AD right? It's just a book of how to conduct court proceedings. The only "holy book" is the Torah. Which is also known as the "Old Testament" that Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe in.
@@zdzichus.3264 Dude this is a discussion on the opioid crisis and not on parties. There are Icelanders who are involved in this scandal.
I could get behind that.
I’m so thankful I was aware of this when my son had debilitating jaw surgery. I told him the dangers of pain killers and he refused more than half the dosage . We had 2/3 of the bottle left that we threw out once he was done . It’s only because I knew so much about this! Awareness is key! 😢
My mother became addicted to Valium in the 1960s, which was her gateway drug to other prescribed medications.
She had 3 or 4 doctors prescribing her the drugs, it was a living hell for us kids. She died an addict.
This January 26th 2021 marks mine and my Husbands 5th year being clean!! GREAT to ALL of us for being clean!!
That’s actually my birthday so thank you for the amazing gift. I’m proud of you both. ♥️
Arthur Sackler: "Leave the world a better place than when you came into it."
I say that all the time, so hearing him say that sent chills down my spine.
Reminds me of the slogans that large tech companies and banks use to bamboozle the public into thinking that they really care, while one hand is making a benign gesture, the other hand behind their back is the one that causing all the mayhem.
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edit; recently got those chills when watching the TED interview with Elon Musk, hailed as the Saviour Reincarnate that's going to redeem mankind, while pushing to the world new technology that is just as polluting, and selling virtual reality as a means to 'connect' the people.
The most prominent CEOs of tech companies don't even let their kids use Mobile devices, that alone says alot about hypocrisy.
Typical J!
I think he took that quote directly from Hitler.
It's all about what one's standard for a better place is.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
my best friend died of a heroin overdose back in 2015. he started on valium. thank you for making this expose
Surprisingly some banger tracks in this video. That Schmoov track plays amazing on big speakers.
Under the full protection of the US military, Afghanistan's opium production increased more than 10-fold. Coincidence?
Bush family behind it. Can't remember my sources but was good.
No it isnt a coincidence to answer your question. Coincidence that the vast majority of countries we are at so called war with have masses of resources.
Nope definitely not a coincidence. Rockefeller also funded methadone treatment in New York too. Another drug i thought was the answer to the pills but really methadone is worse than all of them imo. I'll finally be free from this nightmare in 6 weeks!
@@YahshuaLovesMe maybe it was that ship owned by the bush family that was loaded with the drug. i forgot the source to
Good job, and no, it's not a coincidence. These people make the Narcos look childish.
My absolute respect to anyone that went through this hell and came out of it. I don't know you but you're so strong to be able to live after what you've been through, May God bless your heart.
I've been thru it and u really dnt know how bad its destroying u until u stop using!!! Peace & Blessings
Thanks. It has been hell. The suffering of withdrawal can't be emphasized enough. The loss if loved ones makes it a hell like no other, and somehow, a few made it though. But I'll never be the same. Bless all who went though it.
@@patrickcharles7190 amen brother
@@trcole8904 Amen. Im glad you made it.
@@patrickcharles7190 it was a hell of a battle, but i continued to fight brother. This might sound crazy but i would rather be in solitary confinement then to experience withdraws again!!! Salute my brother!!!
my brother got prescribed these after being hit by a bus, having cancer twice and a construction accident.
May he rest in peace
I graduated high school in 2001 in a relatively small class size (250-300?) and we’ve lost half to either the war on terror or to opioids. Sometimes it was first one, then the other. Class reunions get grim really fast.
Goddamn. Just do something already. I’m tired of burying people.
My mom ruined my life while addicted to that shit. Twelve years later and I am STILL dealing with the repercussions. Our relationship has been irretrievably broken.
Maybe you can find a way to fix it?. I know its hard. But you don't want to live in regret.
I also don't know your situation, I'm not judging here.
Proud Boyz problems seem so easy to fix from a distance
@Tatea Thank you Tatea. I really appreciate your sincerity. I also appreciate that you didn't tell me to overlook the destruction she caused to every aspect of my life because I would later 'regret' not having a relationship with her. People who have never been betrayed to that magnitude are the first to recommend reconciliation. Only God can fix this brokenness because I cannot.
I hope you can find a way to forgive her. That shit is a monster and makes you do shit you would have never dreamed of doing. If you have never been addicted to anything you couldn't possibly understand.
I am a mother of a 19 yo daughter and have been in recovery from opiates since Feb 24 2015. I started on tramadol, Vicodin, Percocet, to eventually chewing 2 100 mcg fentanyl patches a day. I got help from a 12 year addiction for the love of my daughter and thank God we have an amazing relationship. She is my reason for living. I hope things get better for you and if you ever need anyone to talk to or ask questions about anything, I am more than happy to be there for you. Breaks my heart to hear the way you feel. Opiates have stolen and broken many families... Peace , love, and positive vibes to you.
"the Sackler" sounds like a villain that steals your sack at night lol
yoinked this joke straight from John Oliver, watch Last Week Tonight it's really good
They do steal your sack of money at night. They’re also known as “grabblers”. Look it up.
Sackler no sackling! Hahahaha
A comic book kamandi the last boy on earth, has a villain sacker . Lol.
Scooty789 or a villain who breaks into your place at night, puts a sack over your head and takes you away as a hostage.
Scooty789 I thought it said slacker, and was like that’s the opposite of what he did
Its appalling that no one from that family went to jail
This video has been quite helpful. I had a family member begin drug use in this way and it turned out badly. I have seen a few docs about fentanyl on the streets of Vancouver and “chemists” who make drugs from chemicals they buy from China online, but I hadn’t made the connection to the origins with the Sackler family. So maybe the latter part of the equation wouldn’t have happened had the Sacklers not been so greedy. I actually thought it was a trend that was symptomatic of social degradation, but it turns out that there is an origin. I do think that beneficiaries of the Sackler fortune certainly have a legal, medical and social responsibility to correct this situation. It may be unable to be undone now that a lot of it is in the hands of street “chemists” now. What if it can be corrected for next generations by requiring drug companies to actually be ethical and for them to assume full responsibility for monitoring patient use? How are individuals given the responsibility of self-managing something that they know literally nothing about and are prescribed by a medical professional of whom they are to trust with their health? How is that health care at all? How is it that society has become a commodity while fortunes are built? Why are business monstrosities such as the Sacklers entitled to the money of the people they pretend to serve? And why is it that they would believe that they are entitled to it? Why would business communities support the belief that they are entitled to it? Why is it that sociopathic personalities are allowed to gain and to hold so much power within our economies? With power is responsibility and this power has been distributed all wrong. People with a conscience should be the ones who care for and guide society and greater value needs to be placed on this in our legal systems rather than the long drawn out processes which are standard while the problem grows ever worse.
The drug epidemic is global and has torn so many families. The question remains for all Sacklers benefitting from that fortune whether they should have a comfortable life while so many continue to suffer and it’s far from over. They should be stripped of all money derived from Oxycontin sales with Purdue and this should be put directly toward solving the crisis.
I wonder if high doses of quality vitamin supplements (not cheap ones like Jameson) and cold pressed vegetable juice could help withdrawal symptoms. I know that these things help me so much to do the many things that I do and that carbs and sugar absolutely ruin me. Diet accounts for a lot and we don’t give food (and supplements) enough credit for being either good or bad chemicals we directly inject into our body and our medical systems don’t support this philosophy nearly enough.
Thanks so much for your work!
"Cold pressed vegetable juice" for opioid withdrawal?? Are you serious? That's like handing someone a bandaid for a severed carotid artery and saying, "hope that helps."
As long as there are lobbyists nothing will change.
Not unless we start physically holding politicians accountable.... We need to start going to their homes.
I don't understand how it's even legal. We are living a sociopathic business man's wet dream that's become reality. It's all set up in a way to benefit assholes and nobody cares. On top of that they think whatever party they belong to matters. Everyday we'll sink and they'll blame Satan, millennials, conservatives and liberals. Narrow mindedness is so prominent for a country that should be enlightened. We should all righteously hate the same ppl.
@@CJM-rg5rt That's exactly the problem. They've kept everyone pointing fingers at each other based on politics to keep them blind to the big picture that it's everyone, not just one side causing most of the problems.
@@larrylentini5688 you're totally right, people are terrified to see responsibility for good reason (deep depression) or they couldn't care less (the ever more present sociopaths) I hate radicalism but that sadly kinda makes me a radical, most people don't despise humanity. It wouldn't hurt if I didn't think we had potential though I wish I could kill the part of me that believes that. Everyone needs to be honest with themselves, even absolute delusional people are in quite significant numbers. Scary as hell.
As long as there is government, nothing will change.
I love the long form content, and I found this video, very interesting and informative
Same here, love this model.
Me too!!
Me 2
Benjamin McMahon so??
Wow. Extraordinary. Explains a lot about Anerica
Thank you 🙏🏽
Kathe Sackler stated they wouldn't do anything differently. The Sackler family has NEVER, repeat, NEVER admitted guilt.
This is a hard one for me. I don't scapegoat banks, and I don't blame one family for this problem. Most of the people they took this had a choice not to take it. I took Oxi Contim for surgery, took 40 pills,,and never took it again. Most people that took it, didn't become junkies. People must also take some responsibility😊
@@charliemunk2947 My cousin died, so yes, I will blame them. Every second. Every day.
@@charliemunk2947 Horrible use of logic fallacy, are you stupid?
You bet.
@@charliemunk2947 just because you walked away from the drug doesn’t mean that others have a chemistry and situation that is identical to yours. Rather those that fall prey are different, where they are susceptible, and this evil family took their lives for profit.
2 things stand out,
•Blame the patient
•Make the patient rate pain on a scale of 1-10 to remove liability.
1-10 is complete bullshit. Some people think stepping on a lego is excruciating. It's literally nothing but minor discomfort. And ever time you think you have had the worst possible pain, there is another medical condition that you can later develop that makes that seem almost a pleasant memory.
I have broken bones, herniated discs, had spasms of the urinary tract and have passed gallstones with accompanying bilary spasms. Each new condition was a pain greater than I previously could have conceived.
By the time I was passing gallstones a broken bone would have been if placed on a linear scale of the pain I have had experienced would only rate a 3.5. Yet it doesn't actually become much less painful, although it does a little, only that you know there is so much worse.
I have come to realise that as bad as a situation is, it can always not only get worse, but get worse by an amount that is inconceivable to you. And likely it will if you don't take responsibility for yourself.
But the 1-10 pain scale is literally this: if you say 7 or higher, they will consider giving you medication stronger than tylenol.
In this day in age anyone can google ingredients and know what they are putting in their body, don’t trust anyone but yourself.
@@MrGoatflakes i know this is unrelated but how did you manage to injure yourself so much if you don't mind me asking
@@ob1934 well, I was in the army reserves and I used to fight with my brothers before that :P
@@MrGoatflakes I was curious too. And I agree with you sir. Your explanation is quite true for most ppl when it comes to pain. In my country you don't decide which drugs you take on a scale. Most ppl can do with a fast acting paracetamol or sth slightly lighter than morphine. Morphine is also only maybe a one day thing while in hospital not out or for terminal patients only like end stage cancer. All the rest of us have to do with much lesser doses of painkillers and you get used to it in a few hours. I think Americans got used to instant pain relief instead of waiting sth like 15-20minutes for relief that will last hours and help you function better.
I've been addicted to Vicodin twice due to a back injury. The first time was for three years and the second time was for four years. Both times the doctors kept increasing my meds. They kept asking me if I needed more. Thankfully I was able to stop on my own. The first time wasn't really hard for some reason but the second time was really hard. About two years ago I had shoulder surgery and the doctor prescribed Vicodin again but this time I was very aware of how addictive they were and only took half the prescribed dosage. I didn't become addicted again.
Thank you for this. Watching this after seeing Painkiller on Netflix - this has put greater context.
2 years sober for me! I was 13 years old when I first tried this garbage.
Well done 💚
Where were ur parents
18 years for me.
@@SammyJoeLouis i'm proud... as well as many others.... the hate, stigmatization, and degradation of addicts only prepetuates the issue. Humans are as good as they are in the present. If you have cleaned up your life i will not judge u on ur past... only what u are accomplishing in the present. NO one is exempt from bad choices. Addiction classically becomes a life consuming problem that sneaks up on it's"0 victim" no one sets a goal of becoming ab addict and once you realize the magnitude of your situation you rollin down I hell like a snowball accumulating debris and accelerating ever faster there's no end in sight, only more downhill mountain confront I love you as far as the eye can see. And many addicts don't have a toolbox with equipment to get themselves out of their situation nor do they often have the support systems. we are product of our nurture and our nature when are experiences and when you become an addict so young this is reflective of a poor Foundation.... Childhood and infrastructure... Choice-making up until the position of diction. Attics need r love and empathy and recovering addicts need their accomplishment to be recognized and praised encouraged on keeping to the right path
Wtf for 13??
I was given Oxy after a spine surgery. A horrible period in my life and all I can say now is thank god today is 5years 4Months and 7days clean.
almost 6yrs 😎
Me too. I just got off it after 20 years. I took my last Oxycodone tablet 2 1/2 weeks ago.
@@MaxPower-js1sk congrats man
Good news; Ritalin is the solution for all addiction except porn and sex addiction
I've been on it about that long. No way out. I get 10 times more resistance talking to them about getting off of this crap.
Ditto keep going my friend
I got oxycontin 80s for 10+ years. I was a pill head and made a lot of money. I overdosed twice and hated being a junkie. Been clean now 7 Years. I'm also represented in 3 bankruptcy claims one is Purdue pharma or Sackler family. Thanks 🙏
Im in tears. Amy was my boss and friend. This was really hard to type because she is at peace now but her four children and friends still exists with her memory. Yes. She OD'd. She is not just a number or a body she is a story! A story that deserves to be told!
Understand! I lost family members to drugs and it hurts like hell! Stop the greedy amoral predators/sociopaths who are brainwashing our society!