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The film follows the opioid epidemic in the United States, the political operatives, government regulations, and corporations that enable the abuse of opioids.Part one of the documentary focuses on Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, who collaborated with Food and Drug Administration official Curtis Wright IV to get OxyContin approved for wider use. [1]
There is an ongoing opioid epidemic (also known as the opioid crisis) in the United States, originating out of both medical prescriptions and illegal sources. It has been described as "one of the most devastating public health catastrophes of our time." [2] The opioid epidemic unfolded in three waves.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a 2022 American biographical documentary film about photographer, artist, and activist Nan Goldin.The film is produced, co-edited and directed by Laura Poitras, [3] and tackles Goldin's life through her advocacy during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the ‘80s, and her fight against the Sackler family for their role in the current opioid epidemic in the United ...
State and local officials visited Augusta University to discuss the ongoing opioid crisis in Augusta and ... Officials with the Georgia Opioid Abatement Trust shared that more than $159 million of ...
The documentary centers on the opioid epidemic, specifically its effect on Huntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is 10 times the US average. [2] It follows police, judges, and local nonprofits attempting to help people who struggle with opioid addiction and bring them to recovery as the city grips with a growing number of heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses, and ...
Craig Barritt/Getty Images Bryan Greenberg’s inspiration for his new movie, Junction, came from a personal struggle. “I went in for routine surgery and I got prescribed OxyContin and I became ...
Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.” As the opioid pain meds became scarce, a cheaper opioid began to take over the market — heroin. Frieden said three quarters of heroin users started with pills.
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