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Time Bomb OxyContin Addiction
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It was touted as a miracle pill: a narcotic pain reliever that could change the lives of people suffering from chronic pain, but with little risk of addiction. How did a little pill that appeared i...
It was touted as a miracle pill: a narcotic pain reliever that could change the lives of people suffering from chronic pain, but with little risk of addiction. How did a little pill that appeared in 1996 become so big, so fast? In 1998, Canadian sales were just a few million dollars; twelve years later they had soared to
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- Creator
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Included Title
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- Fifth estate (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn894182982
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on August 27, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Pain Epidemic (1:27) -- OxyContin Introduction (1:39) -- Pain Treatment Frontier (2:31) -- Pain Management Industry (2:04) -- OxyContin Prescriptions (2:05) -- OxyContin Addiction (1:36) -- OxyContin Epidemic (2:39) -- OxyContin Abuse (1:45) -- Purdue Damage Control (1:47) -- Struggling with Addiction (2:44) -- Stopping OxyContin Treatment (3:15) -- Opioid Dependency (3:38) -- OxyContin Profits (1:30) -- OxyContin Justice (1:59) -- Targeting Doctors (3:46) -- Public Health Reaction (2:34) -- Narcotics and Pain Management (1:06) -- Public Health Costs (1:35) -- Social Costs (1:56) -- Credits: Time Bomb: OxyContin Addiction (1:01)