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Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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John Oliver discusses the origins and scale of the opioid addiction crisis in the United States.

John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: Twitter.com/LastWeekTonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/lastweektonight

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What people say. Recommended as an informative and well-researched overview of the root causes of the opioid epidemic.

btgeekboyin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows”

John Oliver did a segment on Opioids that's pretty informative. Have a look: link to this video The quick answer though is that it starts with prescription painkillers that are highly addictive.
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drvdevdin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Seattle Is Opening First in U.S. “Safe Injection Facility” for Heroin Addicts”

> (under heavy regulation) ... and this is where most Heroin addicts start, actually, through prescription opiate use. Once a physical addiction is formed, heroin can be a cheaper or more accessible alternative to a prescription for say, Oxycontin. I thought John Oliver had a good segment on it: link to this video
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partycoderin Hacker News • Recommends

On “America’s opioid epidemic is worsening”

John Oliver spoke about this in depth: link to this video Humor aside, he managed to compile an impressive amount of testimonials and facts.
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dstickin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's $4.5B opioid settlement”

Good. For those that haven't watched them yet, there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement: Opioids link to this video Opioids II link Opioids III (this one focuses 100% on the Sacklers) link
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On “Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement”

I recently watched these 3 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Highly recommended. Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( link ) Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( link ) Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( link to this video )
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thrownblownin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s (2013)”

methadone gets you just as high as heroin. the only difference is that its made by in a lab pharmaceuticals companies and controlled by the government. and methadone withdrawal is fatal too. this recent John Oliver piece on opiods holds a lot of truth: link to this video Benzodiazepines are far more addictive than opioids, and while their abuse has declined a bit, a lot of people still abuse xanax and klonopin, and before that valium. that' a lot of doctors directly and indirectly enabling all those addicts. why hasn't the war on drugs taken on the opioid and benzo manufacturers? it makes me wonder why pharmaceutical companies and their executives aren't locked up like the drug kingpins they are?
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sillysaurus3in Hacker News • Mentions

On “The Family Making Billions from the Opioid Crisis”

For more on this, see link to this video "How many people here moved from prescription drugs to heroin?" Everybody raised their hands.
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yskchuin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family from opioid claims”

Besides that episode, he made two others about the Opioid Crisis / Purdue Pharma / Sacklers, 3 in total since 2016: 2016: link to this video 2019: link 2021: link In addition there's some sites made by them as well (referred to in the video): link (with Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Richard Kind, Michael K Williams) link
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