i got hit by a car on my bicycle and broke all the phones in my left hand, my left leg and foot. i had to have many surgeries to fix me and i now have titanium all over my body, i was put on oxycontin 40mg three times a day and two 30mg oxiyIR. after my doctor retired no doctor would give me the same level of medication so i went to the street and it took almost 11 years to clime out of the opiate pit or heroin, so many friends died or killed or locked up over this stupid pill and this demonic family
@tbonemalone34073 жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry that happened to you. I hope you have the best life from now on. ❤️
@penroc33 жыл бұрын
@@tbonemalone3407 thank you i'm almost 4 years clean. i feel like i have walked across hell and made it out in more or less one piece, no police record, no court record and I'm alive. Ive been to so many funerals at 37 i don't go anymore, its to hard for me to see another friends life cut short because they didn't get help or didn't get the right help. for me it was a doctor friend and my parents who pulled me out of the pit that is addiction. anyone who is in recovery and says they don't still think about drugs are liars, there is always that little voice in stressful or even good times, recovery is being able to say no and push that voice out of your mind.
@smilemor-phony59643 жыл бұрын
@penroc3, psychiatric drugs are even more dangerous than the opioids. Most refuse to believe this but it's because they won't look into it. Psychiatric drug withdrawals induce far worse mental torture, takes most years to taper off them, they do far more brain damage and a benzo withdrawal can kill you. No drugs are safe. I too took Oxycontin for 8 months for my 3rd degree burns and got right off it. But my cold-turkey psychiatric drug withdrawals almost killed me.
@wolfumz2 жыл бұрын
@@smilemor-phony5964 yeah, benzo's are dangerous, too, and they have been gaining in popularity among kids and recreation drug users. I personally had an easier time getting of Xanax than I did heroin, in terms of the withdrawal. However, heroin was my primary drug, and I was using a lot more heroin than xanax, proportionally. Benzo withdrawal requires hospitalization and medical monitoring for many peope, due to the risk of lethal seizure. Benzo withdraw sucks because of how long it drags on, too. I can remember feeling waves of anxiety come out of nowhere, even with six months clean. However, other psychiatric drugs tend to be pretty safe, and aren't associated with addiction (antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, etc). Like many other medicines, you generally can't just stop taking these drugs abruptly without experiencing some type of withdrawal. So, yes, benzos, definitely fucked up and much more dangerous than many people realize, but that doesn't apply to all psychiatric medications globally.
@penroc32 жыл бұрын
@@smilemor-phony5964 i was a poly drug user, i mixed benzos and heroin everyday and would throw coke in when ever i was looking for a change. I have been on various types of meds mostly SSRI's and benzos so i know how hard they are to get off but when you are using over 1000mg of oxy a day or a bundle of heroin a day you can not cold turkey it and anyone that said they did is a liar. you weren't on that much oxy anyway if you took it like you should and you doctor took you off slowly of course you would have no issues. every addict has their drug of choice and when you get to the point of IV drug use and grams of opiates as your habit you cant cold turkey it unless you were strapped to a bed. glad you are doing better
@whiterose66353 жыл бұрын
My sister is a heroin addict. This video is extremely accurate in how it conjures up the disappointment, despair, and misery associated with addiction. The footage you used of the protesters showing pictures of their loved ones who were addicted and presumably died, made me cry. It’s a good video and I thank you for your efforts x
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13683 жыл бұрын
Get your sister onto methadone. It won't make her stop using, but it will give a bit of regularity to her life. When I was addicted, the treadmill is everyday you wake up, try and make money to score, then go score, then get high. Methadone makes it so you don't have to do that treadmill EVERY day. Being dopesick is the worst, and it's why people are on that treadmill. Methadone makes it so you're not so violently dopesick. And that small amount of regularity methadone provided is what got me on that path off the treadmill. Methadone you can take even if you're not ready to quit, but are sick of the lifestyle. It's the first step, IMO.
@ceebee4913 жыл бұрын
Hey White Rose, has she tried N.A. Or S.M.A.R.T recovery? I pray your Sister gets clean.
@tanveerhasan23823 жыл бұрын
Sad!
@burningmisery3 жыл бұрын
@White Rose Hope your sister is doing better.
@TheBrotherGrim3 жыл бұрын
Like Black Socks said above, try convincing your sister to get into a methadone program. That, combined with addiction counseling or programs like SMART recovery can do a world of help.
@plutoniumshore3 жыл бұрын
Can we all take a moment and recognize just how fan-freaking-tastic Georg is? For serious....I wish I could watch every second of new content this man creates with new eyes over and over again.
@Guercinator3 жыл бұрын
For real. I don't get how his channel hasn't blown up yet what with the sheer amount of good content he's got. But I think the algorithm will be kind to him one day
@mudhutproductions3 жыл бұрын
Investigative Journalism of this quality scares the hell out of the store bought cable news channels. Love the dude!
@damdampapa3 жыл бұрын
You couldn't be more right!
@weltvonalex3 жыл бұрын
I support this comment!
@johnstrawb35213 жыл бұрын
@Georg Rockall-Schmidt It's shocking, how indifferent Georg and nearly everyone else has been to the millions of pain patients in the U.S. whose lives have been badly damaged or destroyed by opioid hysteria. SEE this and comparable articles: "United Nations Says Untreated Pain Is 'Inhumane and Cruel'."
@adriannaranjo43973 жыл бұрын
Makes perfect sense to fine a company millions because they were making _billions_ with their illegal activity. That slap on the wrist will show them
@andrewklang8093 жыл бұрын
It's almost like making them pay taxes. Well, very low taxes. 0.1% taxes maybe. As the saying goes: If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then it's legal for the rich.
@missythestaffy97853 жыл бұрын
They have been fined billions,it started with a few hundred million
@airey7732 жыл бұрын
Yep. Less a fine and more a fee to operate.
@Aivottaja2 жыл бұрын
Pfizer makes trillions, gets fined billions.
@doggdietersdottirpollitz23442 жыл бұрын
When the government discovers such criminal activity, they of course want their cut of the earnings. Just like in any gang warfare.
@junkbucket503 жыл бұрын
I'm listening to this with my head in my hands. What a world we live in
@BeautifulEarthJa3 жыл бұрын
Peak capitalism
@GeorgRockallSchmidt3 жыл бұрын
I feel like I made the whole thing with my head in my hands
@kelownatechkid3 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgRockallSchmidt Truly amazed you didn't weep continuously while making this, the suffering caused is unimaginable
@MeeksLp3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@JcoolV8 ай бұрын
Felt like I wanted to cry by the end
@Aenubus3 жыл бұрын
Heroin dealers don't pretend they are selling you medicine. There's something much more honest about that.
@extrastout1741 Жыл бұрын
I agree so much. Also they don't force u to take medication like mental health patients sometimes are (benzos and SSRIs are another similar story)
@Johnconno Жыл бұрын
😂
@AB-lq1zd Жыл бұрын
Anyone who genuinely believed that this medication wasn't addictive is extremely foolish.
@francisdec1615 Жыл бұрын
This drug was invented in Germany a little over 100 years ago. People who are somewhat good at history know that both Hitler and Göring were on oxycodone. The German brand was called Eukodal. If the two most powerful persons in Germany at that time were on it, it should be obvious that it's addictive. In addition they tried the same thing with heroin at the second half of the 19th century, just as Georg mentions. In Europe oxycodone is called "heroin's cousin, that you don't have to shoot up".
@Johnconno Жыл бұрын
@@francisdec1615 God. Bless Merck! Germany's purest.
@paolo11x113 жыл бұрын
Excellent work, Georg. I'm on Oxycodone while I wait for surgery, so I can speak to its necessity in some cases - it's definitely improved my quality of life in the short term and stopped the screaming - but I am acutely aware of the extreme difficulty of withdrawal and the simultaneous danger of death posed by the drug itself. Want the pain to stop? Take one. Want your heart to stop? Take four. Want to stop? You're SOL, but have you tried heroin? The marketing of this drug as safe and non-addictive is absurd and inhuman, but I guess greed and inhumanity go hand-in-hand.
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13683 жыл бұрын
Stop taking them. Endure the pain or take non-opiate painkillers instead. This is how it will go: you'll start taking more and in higher doses because you'll find that you're no longer getting the same pain relief. Then you'll find out that you can't endure the withdrawal symptoms (AKA being dopesick) so you'll start taking them every day. Then you'll start wanting to use them to cope with stress. Maybe you'll find a way to skirt the time-release coating and start snorting them for a rush of euphoria. And when your prescription runs out, you'll find a dealer and start buying on the streets. Oh, don't worry the dealer will make it convenient for you and drive the pills to your house. You'll blow through all your money and everything of value in your life will disappear up your nose. Then you'll start ripping off friends and family until they ostracize you. You'll lose jobs for chronic absenteeism because you won't be able to work unless you have the pills and there'll be days you can't score. If you don't wind up in jail or with a life-altering stroke, you'll be in the very small minority that make it through an addiction unscathed. I preach because this is what I went through for a decade and a half and it pains me to see someone else standing on the precipice about to go down a very dark time.
@davidkruse40303 жыл бұрын
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 he is waiting for surgery idiot. There is an indication for opioids for short term pain relief.
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13683 жыл бұрын
@@davidkruse4030 That's how many addictions start. It only takes a few weeks before dependency kicks in.
@Naptosis3 жыл бұрын
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Whilst what you wrote is harrowing and true for many, most people take these medications as needed and stop under direction. They do not suffer addiction and standard procedure is to taper off the dosage gradually to prevent withdrawal. I've had to take the older morphine extended release after multiple surgeries the last 2 years, and if I'm not in pain, I just don't take the medication. Those are the best days, when I'm not suffering and don't need the support. Unfortunately, due to these scumbags marketing these meds using cases like mine to 'prove' they aren't addictive, the medications are now heavily restricted, and patients that need the meds to help them live a decent life have many problems accessing them. What you went through sounds like Hell, and I am amazed you got through it. I just can't believe they've all gotten away with it. Justice is worthless when it has a price.
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13683 жыл бұрын
@@Naptosis Well if you're capable of stopping without any negative withdrawal, that's amazing. It's also rare in my experience, but then again I encountered pretty much nothing but addicts who primarily said they started by way of a prescription, thus giving me confirmation bias. Even just taking the prescribed dosage, not abusing the time-release coating, etc. The neural pathways get physically rewired over time, making someone an addict without their realization. And the withdrawal symptoms (being dopesick) is can be worse than the pain being treated in some cases; the addiction creeps up without permission and under the radar and before you notice it, you can't live without it. I think the blatant overprescription of a known highly addictive and life-ruining narcotic runs contrary to the Hippocratic Oath and not only should the Sacklers be jailed for life, all the doctors who did not do their due diligence should face harsh consequences, such as suspension of licenses and massive financial fines. I know some doctors who were pill mills did face jail time, but I'm talking about any doctor who swallowed the Purdue line without doing any of their own research--that's pure negligence. They were a key variable in this formula, so they too need to share in the blame.
@schmeeps40523 жыл бұрын
When my now husband had appendicitis last year, he was prescribed oxycodone for post op stuff. I couldn’t believe how much they had loaded him up on opiates before, during and after the surgery, and then the fact that they threw more at him (with a little warning pamphlet and a destruction kit) was bizarre. He really didn’t even need the pills. I can definitely see how ordinary people could get into this stuff. It’s sick. Thank you so much for this, Georg.
@kurtilein33 жыл бұрын
Its insane. Here in Germany, two friends had exactly that with the same surgery. You get some ibuprofen and thats it. When i was in excruciating pain because the biggest nerve in my body got crushed to the point of my right leg getting paralyzed, i got 10-20 milligrams for 10 days and had nasty withdrawal symptoms from that. The pain from the spinal surgery that followed was by comparison minor. I keep hearing that people get loaded up with insane amounts, like 120 milligrams per day, for only moderately painful conditions.
@jenlin67152 жыл бұрын
The doctors and hospitals put money before ethics sort of a mantra of modern day America, money over everything!!
@shaiaheyes2c41 Жыл бұрын
''A destruction kit''?! In case one won't take or sell it?
@kayhathaway6956 Жыл бұрын
What is a destruction kit?
@nennoable Жыл бұрын
@@kayhathaway6956 a destruction kit is there to dispose of any extra pills you might have around when finishing your course. This is because in some countries they sell the pills in blisters and not by the single pill itself like they do in the US. Since throwing them in the trash or down the toilet might be extremely dangerous for marine life etc., you get a special thing to destroy them safely without having your local rats queue at the local health centre for methadone.
@beckhamtoovey41403 жыл бұрын
Watching this mini series of videos has consistently made my blood boil. It’s baffling how much evil one can get away with if you have the money and the connections.
@krustysurfer Жыл бұрын
Hear hear!.... A real crime has occurred here summed up by ''Addicts are scum of the earth'' says the world's greatest legal drug dealer. 😢
@gerriplourde1517 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t the love of money the root of all evil?? Proof right there…..
@krustysurfer Жыл бұрын
@@gerriplourde1517 that is what our savior Jesus said that the root of all evil is the Love of money... Greed want covetousness
@mynamegeoffproductions44423 жыл бұрын
As someone doing a pharmacology degree I'm so happy that you're doing these sort of videos. Really interesting!! I appreciate these must require alot of effort too, so thank you :)
@mattposky28923 жыл бұрын
A series of hour long investigations? I am surprised he even finds time to sleep.
@moejuggler60333 жыл бұрын
Don't do it. Natural living is better in most cases, with drugs overly prescribed for profit everyday for the last 60 years+ (as seen in the video). If you're smart enough to become a pharmacist, don't become a drug vendor! GL
@S-R-H3 жыл бұрын
I spent the last year researching this topic for my long paper for law school. I turned it in on December 31st. I'm waiting for my grade. As a person in recovery, the Sackler family has been of interest to me. The damage done is immeasurable. Of course people are skeptical of vaccines and big pharma after all this. The damage Curtis Wright and his ilk did cannot be measured. It is lasting, and the fact that nobody went to prison is infuriating. It means these companies will continue doing this crap. Great job on this series.
@DR3ADER13 жыл бұрын
Getting angry at losers like Richard Sackler, a spoilt, vindictive and easily-angered joke of a man doesn't help matters. The best way I deal with corruption is to laugh at it. Because, people like Curtis Wright, Jaydon Blair and the morons who claimed that the MMR vaccine caused Autism only served to make the FDA, Journalism and Popular Science (not "conventional" Science, "Popular" Science) a complete joke that anything but laughing at it only leads to crying alone in a junkie commune to alleviate the pain. It's liberating to laugh at yourself when you realise how powerless you are. It's better than any painkiller ironically enough.
@wolfumz2 жыл бұрын
It's very sad to compare the outcome of the Sackler/Purdue lawsuits to the resolution of the US opioid crisis in 1890-1910. We have a country today where people are just too rich to be held accountable. On to of that, there's no real political will to even try and hold them accountable. It really feels like the failure of the American experiment, IMO, that we have allowed a class of noble aristocrats to re-emerge, and dictate the rules for the rest of us. This should be taken a sign that something is seriously wrong with US law, that people can knowingly operate a de facto drug cartel and get away with it.
@DR3ADER12 жыл бұрын
@@wolfumz It's not. Because it's an example of the eternal trope (and remember, Tropes are TOOLS, they're not inherently good or bad, let alone happy/sad) "Older than Dirt". The more things change, the more they stay the same.
@Blitterbug3 жыл бұрын
Excellent series, Georg. My beef with all this is that chronic pain is a serious issue, and thanks to the opioid crisis, coupled with mass-murderer Harold Shipman and Dr David Kelly killing himself with dextropropoxyphene, palliative care in the UK is now a tangled mess with doctors terrified of being investigated and struck off for prescribing pain meds. So people like my disabled son now struggle to get the medicine he needs and has to be reviewed every 6 months despite being crippled for life.
@tropezando3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. My mom has full body bone-on-bone osteoarthritis, but she's been nursing the same bottle of ancient pain pills for five years since her doctor has been so reluctant to prescribe any more - even though they'll give her naproxen and diclofenac, both of which are terrible for her kidneys (which already have scarring). But since she's responsible where the doctors are not, most of the time she either takes nothing or takes tylenol, which does very little, and is in constant pain.
@Blitterbug3 жыл бұрын
@@tropezando I'm so sorry to hear that and I totally agree with you about Naproxen, it's a rough drug, my son got gut-rot something chronic from it. I do hope your mum gets some better care eventually. The opioid crisis hand-wringers are ignoring the very real need for pain relief in the community.
@bugglemagnum62133 жыл бұрын
I simultaneously disagree with a bunch of billionaires being created from a narcotic and the overregulation in the UK
@Adara0072 жыл бұрын
@@Blitterbug Exactly. Purdue Pharma lied about OxyContin for lasting 12 hours and being non-addictive. The problem with the current situation is that those with chronic pain are suffering because doctors are being taught not to prescribe opioids for anyone who isn't terminally ill. So many individuals with disabling chronic pain have been dropped off OxyContin either entirely or tapered down to a low dose that causes them to no longer be able to work or have any real quality of life. Those who abuse opioids will still go to the street or are easily prescribed drugs like Buprenorphine or Suboxone by doctors yet those with disabling chronic pain who were able to work due to prescribed opioids are the ones now suffering. Many doctors try to push Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) or drugs for neuropathy (nerve pain) like Lyrica and Gabapentin on those with chronic pain even when such drugs haven't been effective for their pain and have caused serious side-effects. The situation has gone from over-prescribing to under-prescribing opioid medication and it has been and continues to cause severe problems for so many with debilitating chronic pain.
@ileanamuntean73382 жыл бұрын
@@tropezando I live in France and I am taking Piascledin (over the counter, one a day).. I don't know how it works but it does. Initially, I had to take it for 6 weeks until I felt the effect. Now I take a pill every other day.
@mrgreatauk3 жыл бұрын
In an action film, the finale would be a gun toting Bruce Willis (playing attorney John Brownlee) crashing through the glass roof of a New York penthouse, telling a convenient gathering of Sackler family and executives not to move because they're under arrest. Meanwhile police bust down the doors and start handcuffing them all. Bruce comments "I feel like the pain I've been living with for years is finally gone" as the last one is bundled into a police van. Real life is so much less satisfying and so much more depressing.
@somika87 Жыл бұрын
Even in the movies when it's corruption at this level the police would shoot Brownlee and apologize to the Sacklers for the inconvenience. (Act 1) Then only in the 3rd act would the Punisher hunt them down individually and OD them on their own poison.
@absinthe4breakfast2993 жыл бұрын
Quite honestly, one of the best things on KZbin. This is why online media is so much better than traditional media, keep on doing what you do Georg.
@videotrash3 жыл бұрын
Georg is brilliant (and diligent), but the overwhelming majority of 'online media' is putrescent sewage that lacks all standards and just aims to entertain its target niche audience
@absinthe4breakfast2993 жыл бұрын
@@videotrash this is true, however virtually all of traditional media is putrescent sewage, most of it with some kind of agenda or bias one way or the other and just as full of inaccuracies as anything you'd find on youtube. so online media still wins because we get stuff like this video which is something you'd never find anywhere else.
@btarczy50673 жыл бұрын
@@absinthe4breakfast299 Something we shouldn’t forget is that journalists from traditional media - newspapers in most cases - do the research that allows video essayists like George to know about the topics in the first place. George is an amazing communicator but he has to rely on sources. Especially US TV news are in a dire state but I don‘t think it‘s helpful to put all traditional journalism in the trash. Some of the traditions such as citing one‘s sources and actually investigating are and will always be important. Only trusting online commentators can lead into some screwed up rabbit holes because their strength is also their biggest weakness. No oversight, while allowing for a discussion of topics removed from corporations and the restrictions they impose also allows complete idiots or propagandists to push whatever they want with almost no repercussions. Don‘t put anyone on a pedestal.
@TheSquad4life3 жыл бұрын
A majority of in-line media are people telling in an echo chamber, feeding rhetoric to their irk. This channel is FANTASTIC but also important to note it draws from traditional media research and news then filters out what seems irrelevant. So traditional media is still IMPORTANT
@brendanward29913 жыл бұрын
It's depressing, but still, an hour of Georg, so I'll take it.
@lymb39142 жыл бұрын
Why does evil fail so often in our fiction? Because it wins so much in reality, it helps to think there's a place, even imaginary, where the wicked get their just deserts.
@cliftonharmon24037 ай бұрын
It's conditioning to have us believe if we do what is right, there will be a happy ending so we don't rebel. Hollywood has always primarily been propaganda
@krishall92253 жыл бұрын
I say it every time, but Georg's turn from movie analyst to documentarian has been admirable. Great content all around, and much needed condemnation of the unscrupulous behavior of many rich families: modern day robber barons
@asha47363 жыл бұрын
Aside from morphine in terminal/extreme cases, I think Codeine's the strongest opiate prescribed in my country. Hospitals of course have fentanyl and all that, but it's nearly unheard of for your regular Joe Bloggs to be prescribed something as heavy duty as Oxycontin to go home and do what they will with. My heart absolutely breaks for the millions of families who haven't, and possibly will never, heal from the Sackler's malice and greed. Thank you Georg for taking the time to present this whole story is such an easily-digestible way.
@paulinegallagher782111 ай бұрын
codeine and tramadol (prescription) codeine is crazy easy to get here.
@eldorados_lost_searcher3 жыл бұрын
"She expressed concern about how the criticism of the Sacklers was affecting her family. 'Lives of children are being destroyed,' she said." Apparently Jacqueline Sackler has no sense of irony or self awareness.
@eldorados_lost_searcher3 жыл бұрын
Also, I'm surprised that their army of lawyers haven't disliked this video into oblivion (while charging for research time, of course).
@patrickmike25243 жыл бұрын
When actual millions of lives were being destroyed, her kids having their feelings hurt is hardly “destroyed”. Family of real monsters
@schmeeps40523 жыл бұрын
Thousands of children being orphaned by a crisis her family started? Nah, we gotta feel bad because HER kids’ fee fees were hurt
@PoptartParasol3 жыл бұрын
They often never do, they are always the victims!
@DR3ADER13 жыл бұрын
The biggest irony is that Jacqueline is telling the TRUTH, in the first part of this 3-part video miniseries, there was a part where Issac Sackler, at his deathbed in 1945, told his three sons about the importance of maintaining your good name and that if tarnished, can't be recovered. It's why Arthur and his children never had any stake in the company in question, Purdue Pharma, by 1987, when he died in a hospital in New York City, under an alias(and by 1991, Arthur's children sold their shares and left in disgust). The Sacklers tarnished their good name and reputation through greed, betrayal, infighting, and plain old stupidity. I make a very clear point here that the victims and the crooks are one and the same. Remember, the war on Opioids really began in the 1850s, before Issac even existed as a person. We, the people lost that war several times and are condemned to continue losing because of our own desires for greed to the point where we corrupt entire governments for it. Hell, the Sacklers dragged their name through the mud and killed millions of people by proxy for profit, and got away with it all at the end. That's a joke so tragic and funny not even the best comedic minds of the world can match it in a fair competition!
@benlapointe40283 жыл бұрын
What an excellent conclusion to this series. I believe that everyone in America needs to see this video and demand reform so that this kind and level of crime cannot go unpunished like the Sacklers did.
@lightwishatnight3 жыл бұрын
Demanding reform is how this mess started. The game monopoly won't change much by changing a rule, you need to stop playing capitalism all together and immediately, comrade.
@danielflanard82742 жыл бұрын
@@lightwishatnight What economic system is safe from corruption and fraud? (it's a trick question, the answer is none of them)
@Janet-vl5rt Жыл бұрын
My mom was Raymond Sackler’s executive secretary in the late 70’s/early 80’s. He always treated her with respect. I don’t remember her mentioning Richard, but I do recall that she wasn’t as enthusiastic as she had been previously, and opted for early retirement.
@strawberrycheesecake55022 жыл бұрын
I recently graduated from law school. My take-away from this is that bribery is much more common than one would think. I'll be on the look-out for that. Even if we can't hold these people accountable, maybe we can stop the next similar attempt earlier.
@gonesnake23373 жыл бұрын
I never want to be on Georg's bad side. This is a brilliant indictment. Well done.
@mekomckracken2358 Жыл бұрын
Earnings Purdue Pharma L.P. revenue is $3.0B annually. After extensive research and analysis, Zippia's data science team found the following key financial metrics. Purdue Pharma L.P. has 5,000 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $600,000. Sep 30, 2022
@kurtilein33 жыл бұрын
I took 10-20 milligrams per day for 10 days for severe back pain prior to surgery. After surgery, the pain was gone. The wound from the invasive surgery was nothing by comparison. So i immediately stopped taking it, while doctors advised i should maybe take it another 2 or 3 days, because i just had surgery going deep into the spine and grinding away some bone and stuff. I had one day and one night of terrible withdrawal symptoms. Now i consider even a broken bone or post surgery pain to be moderate pain and would refuse opiates for anything like that. It is insane that they prescribe this stuff for a bruised elbow or a broken toe.
@claypotts23343 жыл бұрын
They wanna keep you hooked, don't trust them
@dingdingdingdiiiiing3 жыл бұрын
You're one of the lucky ones. Some people have what is colloquially called "an addictive personality", which actually means they have a lack of something in their life, a deep connection perhaps, or they feel unworthy, have low dopamine levels, combinations of those or more, so the drug fills the void and then some, so they get hooked.
@kurtilein33 жыл бұрын
@@dingdingdingdiiiiing I dont think thats it. With some drugs, especially opiates, you can take nearly any person and force them into addiction by giving a high enough dose for a couple of weeks. Here in Germany they are very reluctant to prescribe this stuff, prior to getting the opiates i got 0-2 hours of sleep per night and at times the pain was so intense that i could not talk with my normal voice. After one week of this, your brain is fried. With 20 milligrams, i was half numb from the pain and half numb from the drugs and got 5 to 6 hours of sleep. From what i read in the comments, in the USA they put you on 120 milligrams for less pain. That is 5 times more, at such a dose all pain is gone and you are strongly sedated and properly out of your mind from the drugs. The sweet spot is when the negative impact of the pain is equal to the negative impact from the drugs. So 20 milligrams was the minimum dose to reach that goal, together with the maximum allowed dose of the non-opiate painkillers ibuprofen and metamizol. The 120 milligrams i would probarbly have gotten in the USA would probarbly have led to a different outcome.
@dingdingdingdiiiiing3 жыл бұрын
@@kurtilein3 yes, you're right. I thought more of the psychological aspect - if you have withdrawal symptoms after a week of use, that's a pretty insane kind of drug, yet I assume you didn't have an overpowering desire to take another dose, correct? There were stories of Vietnam veterans who shot up heroin during the war, and most of them quit after they got back and some just couldn't quit - it is proposed, that those were the more vulnerable ones.
@kurtilein33 жыл бұрын
@@dingdingdingdiiiiing The withdrawal effects were not medically dangerous or threatening, but unpleasant enough. And i knew if i just take another half of a pill, the withdrawal effects would disappear within 30 minutes and i would feel fine. Stepping down the dose 30% per day and slowly getting off would have been a more pleasant option, but i was scared as fuck so i gave all my remaining pills to a nurse for disposal and made clear that unless the pain comes back full force, i am going cold turkey and will not touch it. This is 5 times harder if you have been on 5 times the dose. I always have to think about Dr. House, an entirely believable character, he is a high-functioning hardcore morphine addict and everyone knows he is supplying himself with medical grade morphine. That is actually a believable character, such people exist.
@Cameroo3 жыл бұрын
Georg, I cannot even find the words to express how grateful I am that you and others like you exist in the world. Thank you for making these video editorials and essays.
@xtiphuny893 жыл бұрын
I watched Dopesick and was very impressed in the congruity between your documentary and the details they included in that series, but yours is quite a bit more enjoyable. You are very detailed and well spoken. Thank you for making these videos!
@toppersundquist3 жыл бұрын
Georg's slow transformation into a calm, polite Behind The Bastards is complete. (This is an enormous compliment).
@patrickpilkington62415 ай бұрын
This is the most comprehensive doc on this topic. Well done. Masterful
@Watch-0w13 жыл бұрын
This should be more widely shown to public. So they're punishment at least really should be shaming their name
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13683 жыл бұрын
Their punishment should be equivocal to the amount of financial damage they did to the US. Think of all the money spent on policing from increased crime, on health care due to increased ODs and secondary diseases sprouting from addiction, lost productivity due to millions of closeted addicts, all the extra strain on the judicial system, and all of the social strife in general. It would be hard to get an accurate number due to all the peripheral affects caused by the decisions of this one family, but it is easily past a trillion dollars. And since the US justice system doesn't throw the rich and powerful into jail, the only recompense is financial. The small civil fine by comparison to the damage caused is totally infuriating, as usual. Just once or twice, it would be nice to see a massive corporation actually get a fine that bankrupts them, showing other corporations that flouting the law is no longer acceptable. Because it makes America look no better than the lawless authoritarian regimes of China or Russia.
@JD-qq8fz3 жыл бұрын
Ideally their punishment would be the guillotine...
@antraxxslingshots3 жыл бұрын
If it would be shown more widely...it would be forbidden. I can guarantee you that.
@guy-sl3kr3 жыл бұрын
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Umm you realize that China is socialist, right? Rich people over there aren't above the law like they are in capitalist countries. Look at what happened to Zheng Xiaoyu and Cao Wenzhuang to know how the Sackler case would've been handled in China.
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13683 жыл бұрын
@@guy-sl3kr The law is even less equally applied in China. Friends of dictator Xi are allowed to get away with any crime. Any "corruption purges" are just masks to rid Xi of factionalist forces that try to undermine him. Any rich person who gets disappeared and re-educated has obviously insulted Xi or the CCP in some way behind the scene. Laws are applied so arbitrarily in China that justice is not a term that has any meaning over there. Russia is no different. The sad thing is that the US was founded on ideals of equity of application of laws and justice for all, but over time, those ideals have eroded to favour the rich and powerful. Clearly illustrated in the Sackler case. Thankfully it's not as terrible as China or Russia, but it's not a standard America should be anywhere near approximating.
@karlish87993 жыл бұрын
A whole hour George. You spoil us.
@MisakaMikotoDesu3 жыл бұрын
Just watched this entire series in one sitting. Very good content. Thank you so much for this
@joshuataff49113 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how much work and research it took to put this three part series together. But thank you for it and I wish more people were listening.
@robinsandquist3 жыл бұрын
I was punching my mattress throughout this whole series. Great job collecting and presenting all this info. Good luck over there in the states, it sure doesn't seem like a place for the unfortunate.
@gansmith3 жыл бұрын
I will say that since your pivot from film critic to documentary maker makes this video the crown jewel of all of your work. We really appreciate your reports on white collar crimes.
@mattposky28923 жыл бұрын
These have been great. Cannot wait to watch the thrilling conclusion. Hopefully the good guys win!
@BeautifulEarthJa3 жыл бұрын
Ooop....
@ryllo28863 жыл бұрын
this is the conclusion sadly
@cl88043 жыл бұрын
hahahahahahahahhaahahahahhahahaha-you're about as adorable as you are silly!
@okarowarrior3 жыл бұрын
Low IQ in the comments don't get what satire is
@elias_xp953 жыл бұрын
This ain't no Hollywood movie. The good guys never win.
@aaronchef823 жыл бұрын
Rich in content, with context. Superb editing, clear delivery. Even as a slack jawed Texan, I understood your topic. And I am in a sober awe over this piece. Thanks Georg
@mbe1023 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah, an hour of Georg, I'm down for that. Unfortunate but necessary topic.
@tonebenderx2 жыл бұрын
George, thank you for pulling all this together. It's an excellent and informative dive into the Oxy problem. I had heard some of this in previous reporting, but this really puts everything into context. I can only hope that the Sacker family and the corporate execs are justly punished for what they willfully perpetrated.
@NightmarishWaltz2 жыл бұрын
Gives you the chillz, enough horror material to make a survival psicological terror videogame.
@capsjukebox Жыл бұрын
All three parts are exceptionally well done. The only thing missing are the music rights to put an Adam Curtis level soundtrack to it.
@baroncosmos2 жыл бұрын
9 months later and this insightful, thorough piece of journalism still only has 60k views. I can only imagine KZbin is suppressing it for thought crime
@cookie-dough-fox69 Жыл бұрын
It will shoot up now that Netflix has a series too 😉
@littleidiot153 Жыл бұрын
85k today ...
@YanAbaus3 жыл бұрын
This whole series has just been amazing. Especially important in an age where "doubting the experts" is such a crime. You do a great job of exposing just who these experts are, and who signs their paychecks.
@iivin42333 жыл бұрын
No one will ever believe in wolves again because the guard dogs have been paid off for so long.
@FrankFrankly7112 жыл бұрын
I've lost a few friends and known many more who died as a direct results of Oxys, its truly tragic. Thanks for this in-depth series, Georg.
@Mayor_Of_Eureka173 жыл бұрын
Georg, I have digitized your voice to give me directions off my phone. You cannot stop this..
@deez_nu1s3 жыл бұрын
Can you share the bits? 🙃
@warren8393 жыл бұрын
... also i keep ending up at the lava lamp store. How do I stop this.
@fabulousk8 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite thing to watch before going to bed. Despite the horrific yet fascinating subject matter, you are an amazing orator and I am now an expert in this crisis that is getting worse by the day. I am an addict myself, thankfully not for Oxy, but I speak to many survivors at my AA meetings.
@davidbrinnen3 жыл бұрын
My goodness, that was grim. Makes you wonder, though, what other medical scandals are taking place...
@madisoncannoles49073 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this series 😌 As a recovered opiate addict, that began with an oc Rx. It's been informative.
@matt_cummins283 жыл бұрын
This has been an excellent series: great research, extremely well laid out, straightforward. It cuts to the nub of the matter. The work is must have taken is extraordinary even to contemplate. "All for the benefit of, and to protect the feelings of, the daughter of a drug lord." Says it all, really. Thank you, Georg. I think I, too, shall now find something to punch for a bit.
@jamesabernethy78963 жыл бұрын
I'll admit that I'm going to save this for a workout video, but I have watched parts 1 and 2. I keep saying this but I love your channel. From you tour-de-farce's with Damien to these documentaries with a more serious subject. With your unique slow paced documentary delivery you can drive home so much information. Well written, well delivered with a dry sense of humour. Your use of visuals tell the story while the older style footage sets the tone and tells the story from a visceral perspective. With short or long videos you never fail to deliver. I follow a lot of channels but yours is one of the best. Amazing stuff. Thank you.
@igloocookie3 жыл бұрын
One of the best channels on KZbin. Love the production. Love the evolution. Love the atmosphere.
@suze816 Жыл бұрын
Excellent 3 part documentary ! Thank You ! 🙂
@johntrek1872 жыл бұрын
Thx you for making this video. I've been an addict for 20 years because of these drugs. Every doctor I asked for help, starting when I asked to be wheened off my script and not just stopped suddenly, told me no, they don't do that. I've been to all types of clinics which destroyed my teeth and where I was just 1 of tens of thousands of people who they just strung along and then strung out. I've been to more funerals than weddings for Christ sake. What the Saklers did was evil incarnate. I'm a good person, I have a good work ethic, I've owned my home and business. I'm by not means at a lack for morals. But due to how the united states and many other cluntries treats drug addicts it makes it near impossible to get out of the system once your in it. The solution to drug addiction and the war on drugs is right in front of us. Dr. Corey Hart, who has tenure at Columbia University and has his degree in the field of understanding the effects of drugs on the brain. All that needs to happen is to legalize all drugs and spend the money usually spent on jail, police policies on drugs, and the medical industries money made from drug addiction, and spend it on education, therapy, and empathy for addicts. Legalization would be so profitable it could end crime as we know it. Fund betters lived for those in horrible situations, improve infrastructure, lower other expenses. It's right there with several police, judges, doctors, and politicians agreeing with it. But nothing ever gets done. Look at the loss of production every year. And the crazy thing Portugal proved this approach works. The very first modern police chief in the UK hundreds of years ago saw this problem then and famously said they would never be able to police their way out of what people put in their bodies. His words stay true today. But the exact opposite happens and is the purveyor of death, destruction, rampant crime, and corruption....
@tbonemalone34073 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! I watched Dopesick , and enjoyed it. I just got the book too. That’s how I found out about the Sackler’s. I want to read Empire of Pain, too. Then I found you. You have done a great job with your videos and this insane story! Thank you for your hard work. 😊
@S-R-H3 жыл бұрын
Empire of Pain is even more infuriating, but it is definitely worth a read. It's amazing how long the Sackler dynasty has devastated America with its drugs.
@MeeksLp3 жыл бұрын
I just watched it to and it had such an effect on me I wanted to know more.I live in the U.K and had no idea what huge drug pandemic it was.That family are pure evil
@rossmackenzie60593 жыл бұрын
This channel is easily in the top 100, and probably in the top ten, of the best KZbin creators. Watching this dude restores some faith in humanity. zaRDoz!!
@osobad11273 жыл бұрын
Fantastic reporting Georg. This is truly a masterpiece.
@deez_nu1s3 жыл бұрын
Georg you are doing such important wprk, wow, I wish you soon gain 1M subscribers and news articles start respectfully quoting your work! The world needs to know
@ShalomMF Жыл бұрын
Your videos are works of art
@tanneraustin74363 ай бұрын
Georg, your content is absolutely outstanding. So glad I found your channel.
@invadervim90373 жыл бұрын
Best medical Marijuana ad I've seen in a while
@jamesstafford31723 жыл бұрын
Essential viewing. Incredible series
@gridlock21203 жыл бұрын
I watched all 3 of your videos about the Sacklers. Good work!
@Mariathinking3 жыл бұрын
May the algorithm bless you George... I think the video title isn't clickbaity enough. I really hope this series gets more views you deserve it. I hope you can continue to make this content
@rogerbretherton3 жыл бұрын
Well done Georg. I’ve been a fan of your work for some time, but this trilogy IMHO is your masterpiece so far. Thanks for putting on all that work to inform people like me (who knew very little) of the OxyContin crisis. I will share as widely as I can. 👍🏻
@mistorWhiskers3 жыл бұрын
I live off I-95 (one if the main highways for the non east coast Americans,) in Florida, shit was wild through the 2000s and 2010s. Really it's never stopped, but it was really fucking crazy. I still have to dodge syringes around the building at work.
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
I used to have uterine tumors. No doctor would take it out cuz I don't have kids, and apparently imaginary, non-existent baby-waby takes precedence over my actual self and my life. But they were more than happy to give me hardcore painkillers instead. That was eleven years ago. I'm still struggling, still on a self-imposed taper. I'm down to just a sliver of what I used to take, but still not down enough to avoid severe withdrawal if I quit cold turkey. Hopefully I'll hit that point in just a few months.
@ThomasBaxter3 жыл бұрын
This series has been fantastic. Thanks!
@davissteffens3 жыл бұрын
Great segments Georg, this case is probably going to the Supreme Court, but at least the Court of public opinion has detractors like this and the Books author. Keep it coming.
@bambufilms81123 жыл бұрын
A very moving and brilliantly presented film. Thanks for making it. Looking forward to the next.
@-cody_3 жыл бұрын
thanks so much for all the hard work you do for these videos georg
@pauly2602 жыл бұрын
I've said it a billion times & gotten into many an argument online over this phrase: There are two sets of laws in the world. One for the super-rich & another set for you.
@rickfakhre24003 жыл бұрын
It is depressing, but it needs to be said. Thanks.
@colinready-evoy60143 жыл бұрын
Well done Georg! Thanks for all your work bringing this to light.
@cjlooklin19143 жыл бұрын
The crazy thing is, most corporations have histories just as bad if not worse than the sacklers...
@retter2critical3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic work, this has been an epic series, well done.
@chellybub3 жыл бұрын
Cool video. I'm guessing we all know people who have been affected by the sacklers. I'm still dealing with being prescribed hardcore opiates for years and years. I had a bone infection which was due to an open fracture. Obviously this was causing pain, it took many doctors many years to identify and treat. But they were real quick with the pain killers. I now live without agony every day thank goodness, but I am still taking opiates because instead of treating the underlying cause of the pain, they just gave me fists full of chemical hug happy dream time pills. Oy gavelt... I had been on them so long that I get quite bad withdrawal symptoms, and have been slowly working my way down over the past year. It's a brutal process, and I must say, you abuse them because they're there. And I have never met a person who was regularly prescribed opiates who didn't abuse them at some stage. The only people I have met who did fine with opiates had small amounts with short term prescriptions after a surgery or something.
@LloydSeven3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this series on the Sacklers. I learned a lot from this. A shame they can't get a taste of their own medicine, but then again, they can afford heroin as well.
@myflatlineconstruct Жыл бұрын
I watch the channel voraciously. Another pleasant suprise to see tonight,one slipped past a year ago to enjoy now. Evil winning? Yep , im resolute that it always does dispite what all the hope and belief otherwise. "Your government is a shell of maddness you're preaching off in schools. Its unreal. Its not real guy, its a game." - Charles
@RobSchofield3 жыл бұрын
Georg, a superb series. This is prize-winning stuff. Keep it up.
@TheGallicWitch2 жыл бұрын
I'm disabled and chronically ill. I was born with a rare genetic disease that made me prone to accidents, and an accident as a young teen decided my future and made me disabled. Since then, I've suffered from debilitating chronic pain, to the point of being unable to speak or get out of bed without medication. I'm also, and that's very important to the point I want to make, not American. I was born in France, and have lived there all my life. I benefited from free healthcare and a system surrounding opioid that, from what I understand thanks to this series of video, is very different from the one in the US. In my country, morphine and all its derivatives are *last resort*. I am taking a derivative called Oxycodone and have been for a couple years, which is the only reason I can even have a semi-normal life. But before getting to that point, there are 10 years of different painkillers, physical therapy, experimental treatments and, in sheer desperation, all manners of alternative medecine that stand between the accident that crippled me and the 24-yo I am who lives with opioids. In France, these meds are so firmly regulated it makes them hard to access even for people like me who are recognised by the government as being disabled, suffering from chronic pain, and very much in their line of classification for who gets to take these meds. I'm very interested in knowing what the rules are in the US, if you're someone who takes these for the same reasons I am. 1. You need a doctor's prescription, but not just any prescription. Opioid prescriptions are written on a special pad of paper that have imprint paper underneath, which creates a copy of whatever the doctor writes. Each sheet has a unique barcode. The entire prescription must be written in cursive, spelled exclusively in letters (including the date, grams of each pill, so it takes a while to write. Something like "done on the twenty-second of January, two thousand and twenty-two" you get the idea). The idea being, it's much harder to sratch off ink and rewrite over the doctor's words if it's not numbers, but a long string of letters. For the same reason, the doctor needs to write down at the bottom of the sheet how many different pills you take, so that you can't just add another line of text after. Also, the prescription contains the exact name and address of the pharmacy where you get your meds so that you can't just go to another one and pretend you can get new pills, for the following reason: 2. You can't get a prescription for more than 28 days at a time. Precisely 28. So when you go to the pharmacy, no matter what your prescription says, if you went to another doctor to get it quicker than 28 days, etc. the pharmacy won't give you anything until the 28 days of the current prescription are over, which is why you need to always go to the same pharmacy, so they can check 3. The meds are kept in a literal safe in the pharmacy, with a code only the head pharmacian has, and when you come to get your meds, they input the barcode on your prescription sheet into the safe's system. Each box of meds has a unique barcode too, and they link your prescription's barcode to the med box's barcode. The reason is that if you decide to sell your meds on the black market or something, and they're seized by the police, they can just input the box's barcode and see who got the meds, what their prescription was, what pharmacy they got it from, etc. It prevents people from selling their meds. Same thing if you loose your meds and they turn up somewhere and you go to your pharmacy to get replacements, if they've been found it means you're telling the truth and they might give you replacement All these measures mean it's really fcking hard to fake a prescription and get pills, or to sell them off, or to even become addicted. Because even to get to the point where they prescribe you this, it means you've exhausted every other possibility. In my case, I was having severe reactions to ixprim and tramadol, which are other morphine derivative a bit less violent than oxycodone, and my body couldn't assimilate codeine. But at least in France, before you get to the stronger morphine derivative, they're going to make damn well sure there's nothing else you can take. And they're never going to give you true morphine. That's reserved for hospitals and people with terminal illnesses. I'm interested to talk if you also have a chronic illness or disability and take these things in the US, what the rules are. Because I have a feeling it's not as strict as we get it.
@erynlasgalen19492 жыл бұрын
Oxycodone is simply the rapid release form of Oxycontin. It is also known as Roxicodone. The rules are more or less the same for pain patients who work with a pain management clinic. A month's supply at a time, not accounting for 31 day months, and monthly visits to get the Rx. And that is if the pain management clinic will accept you. This is an expense to the patient. I qualify for an opiate Rx according to or CDC guidelines, but for two years I have been unable to get legal pain medication. Physical therapy will never straighten out my scoliosis back, nor does it help. Today I had my sixth or seventh nerve injection at $15,000 billed to insurance, with no result. I am feeling very discouraged. Politicians and journalists are making hay with this story, while some people are hurting.
@HypnoChode3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic series of videos, appreciate the hard work.
@jackiequinn466 Жыл бұрын
Great video, so well researched. Important information that everyone should be aware of.
@Glaucus083 жыл бұрын
Thanks Georg! This has really given me the rage I needed to start my day
@willtobias5280 Жыл бұрын
I'm actually really gloomy now, well done, excellent job. I really do appreciate it. What a tale.. sigh.
@DeusExHarald3 жыл бұрын
Splendid stuff from you, as always! Love these documentaries that you make!
@Sammy312 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great report. Well done.
@OTOss83 жыл бұрын
Superb work on this trilogy of videos.
@kravenalpha42073 жыл бұрын
A bizarrely addictive critique that is difficult to argue with in the face of history. Strange part is, in 25 years time, there will be Hollywood films that our children won’t understand how all of this happened, as is the case of smoking in the 1950s to 1990s. And growth in gambling that is the modern legal addiction.
@Pablo6683 жыл бұрын
Georg, you are a monster, great work mate!
@uptown7102 жыл бұрын
Amazing job bro. Your skill in producing these series is grade A. 🙏🏾
@cindyhammack68 Жыл бұрын
Pain is not a disease. Pain is the body's way of protecting an injury from further damage by reminding you that the area already has damage, so you take care to not further damage it.
@hummingpylon3 жыл бұрын
Mother had a decade long benzodiazepines addiction, she understood her dependence and knew she will never come off it, she died in her late forties.
@MickeyMulligan3 жыл бұрын
I've been looking forward to the sequel!
@jonhelmer85913 жыл бұрын
Good work Georg!
@dodi-wankenobi Жыл бұрын
This was SUCH A GREAT DIVE! Thank you
@ceebee4913 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've been patiently waiting for this. George, you are a legend mate. I love the fact that you don't cave into the vpn, mobile game etc. Sell out. Keep on being you.
@CybershamanX3 жыл бұрын
(33:40) This reminds me of the movie _Office Space._ "So, what would you say...ya do here?" 😟
@bluegill58023 жыл бұрын
You’ve done great work with this series
@andreawojcik4896 Жыл бұрын
Love your sense of humour, George! Keeps me from crying about the ridiculousness of our world. The Sacklers, the Catholic religion, endless money hungry narcissists at the top making life impossible for those that want to make the world a good and whole place. How do we let this happen?
@liezlspies4253 Жыл бұрын
Elite evil.... karma... I believe in karma! Thanks for this. Watched the Netflix series and was so shocked and rattled.