This is a must watch to better understand the inner working of "big pharma", big bushiness' relationship with our government leaders that continuously sell themselves to the highest bidder, and the dramatic negative impact this relationship has on the US citizens.
Not a lot of the information here is new knowledge having been reported on in the past by others, but this well done documentary puts it together in a way that clearly draws the line between greed and the ruin of many lives in this country.
As someone in a family affected by the opioid epidemic and had read much on the topic, there were even a few eye opening moments during the 2 episodes for me. In our family it started with Oxy being prescribed for simple back pain, something that a much less addictive pain killer would have addressed. This is exactly the wrong doing that has been called out. Oxy and other opioids have a place in medicine, but the over subscribing for mild ailments is what led many housewives, teenagers, etc to become addicted. The pushing of the drug by Purdue and others drug companies, the blatant skirting of regulations by the distributors, and lack of controls at pharmacies (even large corporate ones like CVS) allowed the epidemic to grow faster than any possible containment.
Why only 8 stars then? Because the second episode, in m opinion, spent too much time with some of the characters that were involved in the problem and almost reached a point where it seemed like they were trying to make us feel sorry for some of those that were "caught up" in the selling and pushing of an addictive drug that caused the deaths of so many. That part was a little too much for me.
That said the 2 part series is a must watch.
Not a lot of the information here is new knowledge having been reported on in the past by others, but this well done documentary puts it together in a way that clearly draws the line between greed and the ruin of many lives in this country.
As someone in a family affected by the opioid epidemic and had read much on the topic, there were even a few eye opening moments during the 2 episodes for me. In our family it started with Oxy being prescribed for simple back pain, something that a much less addictive pain killer would have addressed. This is exactly the wrong doing that has been called out. Oxy and other opioids have a place in medicine, but the over subscribing for mild ailments is what led many housewives, teenagers, etc to become addicted. The pushing of the drug by Purdue and others drug companies, the blatant skirting of regulations by the distributors, and lack of controls at pharmacies (even large corporate ones like CVS) allowed the epidemic to grow faster than any possible containment.
Why only 8 stars then? Because the second episode, in m opinion, spent too much time with some of the characters that were involved in the problem and almost reached a point where it seemed like they were trying to make us feel sorry for some of those that were "caught up" in the selling and pushing of an addictive drug that caused the deaths of so many. That part was a little too much for me.
That said the 2 part series is a must watch.