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A report on how the FDA, pressured by Big Pharma and pain suffers, expanded the use of opioids without new scientific data. This small change allowed drug companies to market opioids for chronic treatment to a vast and devastating effect, fueling the opioid crisis. Includes interviews with: Ed Thomp...

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Other Authors: Whitaker, Bill, 1951- (Interviewer), Rosen, Ira (Producer), Hornblower, Sam (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019.
Series:60 Minutes
Subjects:
United States. > Food and Drug Administration > Rules and practice.
Drugs of abuse > Law and legislation > United States.
Drugs > Labeling > United States.
Drug approval > United States.
Opioids > Marketing.
Opioid abuse > United States > History.
Médicaments > Étiquetage > États-Unis.
Médicaments > Autorisation de mise sur le marché > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie aux opiacés > États-Unis > Histoire.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A report on how the FDA, pressured by Big Pharma and pain suffers, expanded the use of opioids without new scientific data. This small change allowed drug companies to market opioids for chronic treatment to a vast and devastating effect, fueling the opioid crisis. Includes interviews with: Ed Thompson, whistleblower and owner of pharmaceutical company PMRS; Dr. Andrew Kolodny, drug addiction specialist, Brandeis College; Dr. David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner; Emily Walden, mother of a son who died of opioid overdose.
Physical Description:1 online resource (14 minutes)
Playing Time:00:13:36