How America Got Hooked on Opioids | The War on Drugs

In The War On Drugs Show, we examine the social implications of prohibition worldwide.
Any attempt to shut down the trade in drugs such as heroin,
cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine or weed invariably sets off a chain of events that just makes things worse, leaving a trail of death, illness, violence, slavery, addiction, crime and inequality across the globe. Everyone loses - except, in a weird kind of way, the drugs themselves.
Around 58,000 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War. But in 2017 alone, 70,237 Americans died of drug overdoses; the War on Drugs is like a Vietnam War every year.
This is the story of the North America Opioid Crisis - how an oversupply of the prescription drug oxycodone collided with fifty years of drug prohibition to create an epidemic every bit as serious as COVID-19.
This terrifying crisis reaches every corner of American life, far beyond the clichés of the 'inner-city drug user'.
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[@michaeljackson8390]

💖⚠Daylyt reveals the truth behind Tory Lanez and megan the stallion drama #illuminati ! 💙Disney's DuckTales cartoon for kids shows "Ask about illuminati" in the corner of the room! Go watch my vid💖 😨Corona adds up to 666! Wake up!😱The Words "Vaccination" & "Second Wave" equals 666 in the gematria calculator🎰! (WAL☆MART) reads (Mart)ial (Law)😱(Yes! The elites control & put secret symbolism in everything!)😱George Floyds death was a planned sacrifice😱He was freemason afilitated😨The freemasons stand by order out of chaos to bring in their new world agenda😱💉The google play logo is Lucifers sigil😨🍎!🐍 (The symbol you use to contact Lucifer)😱! The apple store logo is the bitten apple from the garden of eden!😨🍎🏀Kobe Bryants Death Was Planned and In The Cartoon "Chamberlain heights"😮!💯The official H.R.#6666 Bill in Congress😵!🍉Bill Gates has an enzyme for his vaccine called, you guessed it ! #Luciferase & Actually Admits Depopulation ON PURPOSE 2 times😨(vid on my youtube)😱Post Malone warns of Martial Law ! (also on my youtube😇)💔The Elites Use Adrenochrome (Drink Baby Blood) And Sex Traffic Children💔We Can Prevent The New World Order👏95% Are Brainwashed😓4% Are Truthers💞1% Are The Elites💔Sun Gazing💚Stop Using Flouride Toothpaste It's A Neurotoxin Which Closes Our Pineal Gland(3rd Eye)😩NASA Was Founded By NAZI's👎There's More Land Out There😍Earth Is Motionless💞Merkaba🚀Light Language⛄Arch Angel Invocation🍋Occult Knowledge👑 ❤WAKE UP!You Are Not An Accidental Ape🐒Upside Down On A Planet In Space🌎That Came From A Random Big Bang💯You Have Been Deceived Greatly👎To Disregard Your Divinity By Worshipping PseudoScience✨Sourced By A Scheme That Has Been Set In Place By Elites🛇Earth Paradise Is A Stationary Domed Stage🔮That The Sun☉Moon🌚And Luminaries✨Revolve Around❤Escape Your False Indoctrinated Paradigm❤..............

[@antagonizerr]

Why? You people are swinging that pendulum from a war on drugs to a war on the sick by stacking half truths and ignoring folks with actual pain. Your (and other media conglomerates like you) are stacking public opinions like firewood, to the point that doctors are afraid to prescribe these meds to people with ACTUAL pain, forcing them into an existence of suffering. Tell both sides of the story. Don't play the, "news for views" game.

[@kadzo6614]

@@michaeljackson8390what are you on? People who write such long comments are psychotic.. I cannot read. Bye.

[@jc-ne5en]

We got hooked because our doctors care more about money than human life

[@propane718]

@@kadzo6614 lol

[@yadddatube]

5 months and 2 weeks clean from an 11 year heroin IV and cocaine addiction.. yay! 🙌

[@yagnikbose8973]

Congrats mate!!🙏🙏❤❤ Also a merry Christmas

[@kimaigas.g4029]

Keep going !!🔥

[@RunAmokFamilia]

keep it going brother! I just hit 3 weeks clean 2 days ago off of oxy and “oxy” laced with fentanyl. You got this.

[@sissyjasmine5691]

Keep pushing and fighting

[@jameswestman6243]

Congratulations & happy for you!

[@joshyboy152]

Don’t sell drugs, the government doesn’t like competition

[@GamerzElite1000]

Sniff

[@jonahhitchcock5821]

Facts

[@Yeardmeh-oo8pj]

Pharmaceutical companies don't like the competition and the government doesn't like receiving less tax money is a better way to put it

[@Yeardmeh-oo8pj]

@@GamerzElite1000 you had a perfect reply but it would have been even better if you would have put it in quotation marks and put a dash with George Bush Jr's name or Ronald Reagan because since he was in Hollywood he had to have done some blow right??? So an example would be this "Don't sell drugs because we don't like the competition, (Sniff👃🏼👃🏼). -George Bush Jr

[@yadddatube]

Haha facts 😂

[@TheMasterTelevision]

When I broke my kneecap in 2019, I thought my Doctor was a real jerk for only writing a three week perscription for Perc 30s. Now I want to write him a letter thanking him cause I realized, after I was fully on the mend, he saved my ass from Addiction. Honorable doctor's deserve the highest praise.

[@malterwitty5433]

What are Percs ? Uk based here

[@JohnA891]

@@malterwitty5433 Percocet is a brand name, it is Oxy and Acetaminophen

[@gorillaglue5958]

@@JohnA891 other way around percs have acetaminophen. OxyContin is extended release but higher dosage

[@ivtec845]

How tf did u get 30s for a knee I got 5s

[@dickhedd8490]

"Perc 30s" don't got no tylenol Str8 to tha spoon!!

[@berryrobert7324]

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.

[@IstavanTakacs]

To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

[@AlianDubois]

Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!

[@TaylorLawrence-cv8sv]

Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

[@KathrineKassandra]

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@AlianDubois]

Is he on Instagram?

[@roosterj2599]

The pain management doctor I had was the best drug dealer I ever had. Went from 7.5mm Vicodin to 80mg Oxycontin inside of a year. The next 12 years were a rollercoaster. I would quit and relapse every 6 months. I would trade off with alcohol. The last 6 months I switched to meth. As of the 20th of this month, April, I have been clean and sober for 4 years.

[@irelandaintreal2945]

jesus fuckin christ. well done on staying sober. four years is a tremendous goal achievement, here’s to the rest of your life.

[@Coolsomeone234]

What happened to the doctor?

[@jjba3571]

Sounds like a horrible doctor, i would like to know HOW doctors in america win money herr ? Cuz patient will pay the copay for the doctor viist to renew the prescription ?

[@bunnyluver2176]

@@Coolsomeone234 LOL nothing but got rich off kickbacks. I had a Dr Feelgood... I'm from a city of 250,000 and I can't tell you how many addicts I met in jail or thru the streets who had him as a dr. He got caught for over prescribing and didn't lose his license and got $100,000 fine.

[@bunnyluver2176]

@@jjba3571 No they get kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies that make oxys (Purdue aka Sackler family)

[@Kat-xn2xg]

Everything feels corupted

[@psychedelicanxiety8011]

:( it feels like there’s no point anymore to exist in a corrupted world

[@jonathanbrooks9768]

@@psychedelicanxiety8011 you have to find your own purpose. the world is shitty but it's also fucking gorgeous. your life and everyone else's whos reading this is a BLESSING. Its okay to be sad but you have to realize how lucky you are to even be alive right now

[@christiankearns4466]

That's because everything is corupt

[@brendencote2970]

It is fam

[@N_Joji]

Was, is, will be...

[@IndelibleHD]

As a person who has battled his own war with opiods let me tell you it is very easy to get hooked on them. Be safe out there friends. Look out for one another.

[@juvedoo99]

It's extremely easy... I tore my ACL when I was about 16-17. Got some hydrocodone pills after surgery. The dosage was a pill, but sooner than later I started taking three, before school. I was hooked. Thankfully, I ran out of pills and didn't get a re-fill. Although I could've. Thankfully I didn't.

[@straightto8]

14yrs, I now have a pain pump for my pain, no more pills and doctor fills tank every 3 months.

[@michaeljackson8390]

💖⚠Daylyt reveals the truth behind Tory Lanez and megan the stallion drama #illuminati ! 💙Disney's DuckTales cartoon for kids shows "Ask about illuminati" in the corner of the room! Go watch my vid💖 😨Corona adds up to 666! Wake up!😱The Words "Vaccination" & "Second Wave" equals 666 in the gematria calculator🎰! (WAL☆MART) reads (Mart)ial (Law)😱(Yes! The elites control & put secret symbolism in everything!)😱George Floyds death was a planned sacrifice😱He was freemason afilitated😨The freemasons stand by order out of chaos to bring in their new world agenda😱💉The google play logo is Lucifers sigil😨🍎!🐍 (The symbol you use to contact Lucifer)😱! The apple store logo is the bitten apple from the garden of eden!😨🍎🏀Kobe Bryants Death Was Planned and In The Cartoon "Chamberlain heights"😮!💯The official H.R.#6666 Bill in Congress😵!🍉Bill Gates has an enzyme for his vaccine called, you guessed it ! #Luciferase & Actually Admits Depopulation ON PURPOSE 2 times😨(vid on my youtube)😱Post Malone warns of Martial Law ! (also on my youtube😇)💔The Elites Use Adrenochrome (Drink Baby Blood) And Sex Traffic Children💔We Can Prevent The New World Order👏95% Are Brainwashed😓4% Are Truthers💞1% Are The Elites💔Sun Gazing💚Stop Using Flouride Toothpaste It's A Neurotoxin Which Closes Our Pineal Gland(3rd Eye)😩NASA Was Founded By NAZI's👎There's More Land Out There😍Earth Is Motionless💞Merkaba🚀Light Language⛄Arch Angel Invocation🍋Occult Knowledge👑 ❤WAKE UP!You Are Not An Accidental Ape🐒Upside Down On A Planet In Space🌎That Came From A Random Big Bang💯You Have Been Deceived Greatly👎To Disregard Your Divinity By Worshipping PseudoScience✨Sourced By A Scheme That Has Been Set In Place By Elites🛇Earth Paradise Is A Stationary Domed Stage🔮That The Sun☉Moon🌚And Luminaries✨Revolve Around❤Escape Your False Indoctrinated Paradigm❤..............

[@phatfish001]

@chrismacsims Too many judgemental people that think they are better than others.

[@SameLif3]

K&M THE Brit’s at it again

[@HudsonJay]

I've been addicted to heroin for 11 years, after trying out psilocybin treatment I will be 2 years clean

[@kty149]

0:04 I would love to try them, does anyone know where I can source them? 0:04

[@JoshuaChristian-df1uf]

​@@kty149dr.johnsonshroom is your guy, best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know

[@JamesMichael-kh6fk]

​@@JoshuaChristian-df1ufIs he on insta? 0:04

[@JeniferJenifer-mn5cv]

​@@JamesMichael-kh6fksure he's dr.johnsonshroom 0:03

[@JohnChristopher-jq1ef]

0:03 Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal wwith mental health, they really helped me.

[@TheAmishRifle]

Can’t believe that sheriff refuses for his department to carry Narcan, that’s horrible. No one is going to attack when they’re ODing...

[@chrism8180]

You don't see the other side of that though? Places where they use narcan, people administering it report the same people numerous time. Compound that with the crime that goes hand in hand with the drug, I can see why the sheriff has the view of "let them die", as cold as it may be.

[@somethinggood7378]

@@chrism8180 protect & serve? Addiction is an illness, public officials shouldn’t hold their posts if they’re not working in the best interest of the public. Isn’t a sheriff an elected official?

[@chrism8180]

@@somethinggood7378 its not an illness its a choice. As difficult as it may be its still a chiuce. Illnesses you have no choice if you get sick or not. And I'm sure he thought of the public backlash if he was using tax dollars administering narcan to repeat OD addicts, while burglary and crime go up, he was thinking about the publics interest

[@somethinggood7378]

@@chrism8180 for most of these people like the dude in the video it is an actual illness. It starts with medication prescribed by doctors which leads to addiction. Big pharma is to be blamed here. Also, there is a significant genetic component to addiction. And once the body becomes dependent on these substances, the patient might not survive quitting without medical assistance. Seems like an illness to me...

[@chrism8180]

@@somethinggood7378 some yes, but others are just claiming to be a victim when they were deliberately lieing to get an extended script. Claiming the dose wasn't high enough and were still hurting, even though they just wanted to get high. People love have a legitimate excuse to get high, lets not act like thise people don't exist. Lots of people who tryed to play the system ended up heroin junkies when the script stopped

[@Dinkyfish666]

I’d like to congratulate drugs, for winning the war on drugs. Spot on.

[@jungxehuin9404]

Bro shut up literally this is the most unoriginal comment of all time

[@railroadforest30]

@@jungxehuin9404 it is true tho

[@stg1325]

@@railroadforest30 the sun is hot

[@railroadforest30]

@@stg1325 Facts

[@prsmo]

NO CAP

[@alipas89.]

I've been clean from heroin meth pills since July 25,2018

[@bryanttorres8024]

Congratulations

[@Ab-fi5bh]

Congrats 👍

[@ineg1436]

Perfekt! Stay Strong!!!

[@jackyarbrough4480]

Congratulations very proud of you random person on the internet 😂🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@itseric7597]

We’re all proud of you

[@SomeoneTookMyHandle]

Quitting nicotine was literally one of the hardest things i’ve ever done in my life. I can only imagine how difficult battling opioid addiction must be. My heart goes out to everyone affected by and struggling with it

[@flowerintherain6956]

nicotine is the 2nd most addictive substance known to mankind. its no joke . more addictive than dozens of hard drugs out there including Meth, crack cocaine,etc. Congratulations 👏

[@Dvlly99]

@@flowerintherain6956 I very much doubt tbis

[@Praisethesunson]

​@@Dvlly99the tobacco industry appreciates your ignorant and wrong assumption.

[@Praisethesunson]

​@@flowerintherain6956what drug took first place.

[@bitterlemonboy]

Nicotine is not comparable with opioids. But it's still a great achievement to have quit!

[@VEE3RDEYE]

Excellent breakdown on this disaster.

[@sleepinglion728]

European talking american issue na

[@johnreese7352]

I love vice

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

Too bad it's all BS that's been DEBUNKED... they are giving false numbers that have All been recanted by the FDA, CDC and DEA, and Vice knows it

[@albastard2902]

@@LDuke-pc7kq So is it more or less than said in this documentary?

[@usarmyfl1]

Check out a book called "Dope Inc." It's free on Archive org and other places. This channel will never show the real/whole truth, nor any mainstream channel with this many subs. Wake up!

[@Nitrous-ej5zy]

Lost my baby sis to fentanyl. Four months now. I'm also a recovering addict. Had two spine surgeries and never went past the pill stage, thank God I had the presence of mind, and family to guide me through it. My sis did not. After my our mom died in a car accident she never was the same. She was in a differant kinda pain. She was mentally ill and suffering inside. She bailed, and decided to turn her back on us. She moved a 1,000 miles away and I couldn't save her, like I always did in the past. I failed her as brother, and I will forever hold this guilt, and be haunted by the would've and the could've been aspect. I miss you so much Ty, and can't wait to see you and mama someday again.....

[@jordashi]

It's not your fault, you did everything you could as her brother. Do not carry that pain and guilt forever, you deserve to live in positive memory of your sister and knowing that things we wish we could rationalize just can't be done. Addiction is such an ugly monster because it tears families apart, destroys lives, and the fact that unlike crack of the 80s or cocaine in the 70s, in this day of age you can get your drug from your own doctor. It's a horrible thing for us as Americans to accept, the U.S government has allowed big pharma to destroy these cities.

[@duncanyourmate2433]

my friend , YOU have no guilt ,due to circumstances you could not /did not have an input to , or a way of finding her , you need to forgive yourself ,For Nothing ,You did you're Best , You did NOT Fail Anyone ,theres a diease, & You could not of stopped it ,

[@rowannestripe2964]

Your story is so sad. Dont blame yourself, life is tragic. We all make good and bad decisions. I can tell by your comments that you are suffering and feel guilt, sadness and regret. But that won't help you. Forgive yourself, you deserve forgiveness. Your sister made her own choices. Sounds to me like she needed a break from the pain she was feeling? Now she suffers no more

[@duncanyourmate2433]

@@rowannestripe2964 sorry your wrong ,keep your guilt to yourself ,

[@clifflewisjr5234]

Give your life to Christ and he will give you peace.

[@ApiieceofKaii]

You know you've watched every single episode of this when youtube recommends it to you 41 seconds after upload. good job algorithm, i clicked.

[@theurbanartist775]

Me too😂

[@djcrackademiks1191]

Same

[@dougieadams3819]

haha and me!! legend!!

[@APC93]

Me too 🤣🤣

[@williamsbrown8700]

Get, Oxycodone, Adderall, Percocet, Xanax, and other drugs for your ADHD, ADD, Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Pain, Seizure No prescription required,.. visit: darkfax.com

[@1987samanthakay]

I’m 2 months away from being 2 years sober after being a heroin addict for almost 10 years. Never thought I’d make it this far, hell going a day was torture.Thankful I have a job that lets me work 6 days a week. I hope that anyone trying to get sober achieves it because your life is so so so worth it.

[@moonwhisper624]

That’s so great!! Keep like that! 💕

[@JS-ye8vb]

Hope ur still going strong!

[@ledgendmax777]

Amazing! May god bless you with an awesome future clean and sober. Stay strong

[@Kaboose93]

That guy at 2:15 reminds me of my neighbor that I had in California. He was the star high school quarterback and was destined to go pro. Until he hurt his back. It ruined his chances to become the star that he so aspired for. Because of the injury, he was given pain pills. From just being an occasional pot smoker to using E almost daily, to meth, and then eventually to heroin. I saw a bright young man be absolutely destroyed by drugs. After 5 years of his abuse, he went to rehab and got cleaned up. Unfortunately, he relapsed one day and went driving in his truck and got into a bad accident and died. He was my best friend at the time. He went from being a superstar to a druggie in less than a year. I didn't recognize him. I didn't know who he was anymore. He hung out with people I have never seen before and they were people you would want to avoid. R.I.P. Cheech. I miss and love you brother. God is taking care of you now.

[@shayalynn]

Aw.. I'm so very sorry for your loss.

[@anmoljain2794]

So sorry for your loss brother

[@dklee.01]

i’m so sorry to hear that :( thank you for sharing his story with us and keeping his memory alive ❤️

[@Smitty8008]

Christ dude looks 42 not 32 that sucks I feel for him as I was literally in his shoes. I turn 34 next month and have 7 years clean and it was the greatest decision I've ever made the hardest but the best. Good luck bro you can do it.

[@hititwithit]

Congratulations man, that's awesome!

[@MostlyHarmless9]

Congrats man that’s not easy

[@S_0_R_R_Y]

Your a year older then me I started at 14 I’m going on 7 years clean as well keep up the good work every day is a struggle man we got this though

[@ClivonBarris]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ShiaGirl18]

Amen! I'm happy you are now living free from drugs.

[@tellygreen7754]

I oded on opiods when I was 16. It was scary experience. Like the doctor in the video said your brain tell you to breathe but lungs don't. You blackout and can't breathe. I was sipping lean and poping pills pretty much everyday until I got od. It's been over 13 years I've stopped. Im lucky to be alive today.

[@malterwitty5433]

Well done . Gladly you’re still with us

[@tellygreen7754]

@@malterwitty5433 thank you. Much love 🙏

[@HussaamAli-b2b]

keep going bro bro

[@truevegas]

This happened to me a few weeks ago. I've been cutting down on Oxys in an effort to get clean. Down to about 40% of what I was taking before but had a BAD pain episode and took what was a full dose when I was taking lots, thinking it would be just really strong. Well, it was. I remember waking up to pee, could barely walk, thinking clear as day but body was like nup. Had to force myself to breathe, my lungs felt heavy. I remember thinking "were not dying tonight, but don't EVER do that again. Was close, so I feel ya dude. I'm glad you're here.

[@Normaldude444]

Glad your still here.

[@fredm.2699]

I’ve been clean for 22 years now….I thank God and the nurses who helped me on this journey. Thank you.

[@coreygunz645]

I've been clean for 2 years now from fentanyl. God bless anyone whos going through recovery right now

[@ellac.949]

Congratulations!

[@coreygunz645]

Thank you:)

[@ibogagermanyibogaspirit9352]

iboga will help a lot to stay sober.. check it out

[@solanum6039]

God bless anyone that can’t or doesn’t want to be abstinent.

[@johnnyhawkins43]

Been on it since 2004!

[@simonpeter5032]

“At the rate I’m going, I may not see 32..” >Looks 55

[@LJ-zz7bp]

Thats a reach..he does look 40 tho

[@ShiaGirl18]

I thought he was older too.

[@zaki9996]

😂

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

He had a serious iron deficiency. You can see it in his face poor man.

[@ownthevoid]

Nah he don’t look that old

[@47LG]

im so glad Oregon is offering treatment instead of jail time now.

[@luvleeaddi]

It'll be wonderful. Here in the next few years we WILL see improvements in Oregon. Hopefully all states will follow suit

[@XxRoseBudsAJPWxX]

true

[@mikeyblaze3450]

Yeah looks like..its doing so much good there. That's a joke

[@johnstover4584]

Because treatment works so well lol. I've never known a person to get off of drugs from rehab. I have known people to get off drugs from jail time. You don't want to Jones while being in jail. But being in a nice in patient rehab is not going to help unless you really want help.

[@mikeyblaze3450]

@@johnstover4584 rehab is a joke most the time. Jail. Works. Then seeing a shrink. Most goto rehab , so it doesn't take as much to get high. And to shut their family up. It's just the truth

[@joycewright5386]

I was a nurse for 44 years in a hospital. The thing that always stood out to me was in the 70s and 80s we could tell a patient,”this is going to hurt but it will get better.” Then as the years went by more and more patients had the attitude that they shouldn’t feel any discomfort at all. (Even after major surgery). They either wanted to be numb or unconscious. That’s when doctors started ordering more and more opioids instead of Tylenol for pain.

[@michaelpoling5581]

I had a L4 and L5 blow out 10 years ago plus. Went thru therapy and I think I can think now in 2022, that the best thing that gave me any kind of relief from this pain was vodka. Drank a lot just to get some Kind of relief from this pain so I could sleep for a few fleeting hours

[@QueenieCutsey]

Discomfort is one thing, excruciating pain is what we are expected to endure these days.

[@joycewright5386]

@@QueenieCutsey yes I agree. They totally flipped from making everyone into addicts to denying them any medications. I hate what medicine has become.

[@Martin-hv8io]

I am a male nurse who works in the Surgical Station. Most of the Patients would often claim they're dying from pain after operation. God knows how many times I've given them compounds of Oxycodon and Targin to ease their pain after informing the Doctors of their condition, not even knowing what kind of medicine was in question. This is one of the few reasons I've considered changing my profession. I made the final move a few days ago. Will be changing my profession, don't want anything to do with the hospital anymore. I don't blame the Doctors, they're humans too, I see it in their eyes they want to help people. Many of them have chosen this Job in order to be able to help Patientens, many of them have lost loved ones and decided they want to be Doctors. I am not blaming the Patientens either. I don't know what kind of pain they experienced after operations. Seeking for someone to blame, it won't help anyone.

[@kerrijodierberger]

It’s not the patients fault, it’s the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors, how else would a patient even know about pain meds. And now you don’t have any commercials except about medication, doesn’t tell you what it’s for, they say just go to the doctor to see if you. Screw that, I was a medical assistant in the early 2000 and pharmaceutical reps would come in all the time, give away medication like it was candy, plus doctors get take bribes. I know this for a fact. You need to taper down on the medication, not just yanked off it. Can’t stand doctors.

[@eazypeazy33]

An old paranoid Vietnam Veteran once told me that “They” are killing us from the inside out. Wiping out my generation, as in me. I was born in 1990. When I was 21 I saw a shift & now at 30 in 2020 all of my childhood friends are dead or in jail behind addiction. The few that are left never got addicted to pills & avoided it. And I’m talking good people were getting hooked & losing their souls. 😒

[@Figures-us9wt]

What do you think of weed being legalised bro?

[@Figures-us9wt]

Do you think it's harmful to people more so than cigarettes or alchohol?

[@FATTYBONGRIPS]

@@Figures-us9wt weed is good for you if you're an adult and not already ill

[@lukelang46]

Not to be a dick but no one killed your friends but themselves

[@malterwitty5433]

I’ve heard the same . Now look at covid . Apparently aids too was to wipe out people . I never use to believe such stuff , I do now

[@justingomez8149]

The opium fields where these are grown have been fought over for 400 years, after we invaded Afghanistan all of a sudden there's an opioid crisis here, not a coincidence

[@tennesseebrie6029]

THIS IS THE POINT everyone misses this

[@crack61616]

that opioid crisis comes from prescripted drugs and fentanyl from china.not from afghan opium that the state turns into heroin,man(...or what you mean).tf.

[@meghanodonoghue9066]

Three things were sealed in fort knox on 911....one of them was a large opium stash. Enter oxycontine. The AMA wants people to be off disability...enter off use p...lrescription. People become addicted... quickly cut every off cold turkey. Enter the opoid pandemic.

[@studiofatal2023]

Funny how Muricans won‘t accept that it’s their own greedy people who are in charge of the opioid crisis. Purdue is being sued over it. No need to blame foreigners or countries the US have invaded.

[@usgator]

Poppies are used to develop opiates, like morphine and heroin. Opioids (note the “oid” suffix-like “humanoid”) mimic natural opiates but are fully synthetic and made in chemical factories. They act on your body similarly to natural opiates, but are not derived from natural ingredients. That’s why a typical urine test has a separate test for each opiates and opioids.

[@arnieast9879]

WE WOULDNT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE IF THE GOVERNMENT WASNT SO GREEDY. GREED POISONS MANS SOULS.

[@zb6983]

@@ScottCreley we need communism

[@IronFreakV]

At this point the US government is a puppet of the corporations.

[@timothylane7672]

@Jason Jennings haha you don't think anything of it when yer doctors say here ya go and it helps then after a while cut ya off and yer sweating puking and have a flu times 50 it feels like yer bones and joints are aching like they never have you do what you gotta do

[@TryllHDTv]

Typical victim mindset, blame the government for your stupid decisions.

[@DrCruel]

@@ScottCreley Socialists provide safe zones for production (like Evo Moralez in Bolivia), set up production and smuggling (as with the FARC and ELN, or fentanyl production in communist China) and then distribute these poisons in the colleges and universities. What's the problem? "Capitalism." Left fascist fuckers.

[@Mahogany777]

"The love of money is the root of all evil."

[@SaltyPeanutz]

Can't blame drug cartels on this one when America is the biggest cartel in the world.

[@campkira]

problem is when doctor let people to had drug so they can made extra cash...

[@myazepeda]

Period

[@Ravi-fx6vf]

@Deepak Choubey clown

[@Ravi-fx6vf]

@Deepak Choubey give an argument in english, clown

[@weihong0220]

And they sell to their own too.

[@SandyRiverBlue]

I worked in the medical field in the 90s and we were wide open to it. Studies came down the pipeline explaining that we had cancer patients who were dying with virtually no pain medication on board and that we were underprescribing people with horrible amounts of pain. It was a wake-up call and moves were made to ensure that we treated our patient's pain; new assessment criteria were put in place and things were looking up. Who could have guessed that a snake would crawl into that place we made in our hearts for our suffering patients?

[@malterwitty5433]

I’ve see the same especially since covid and cancer patients. Pure evil

[@jukodebu]

now its exactly the opposite

[@nlafffman0307]

When I worked in the ER in the early 2000’s, I worked in the area called Fast Track. We mostly saw minor injuries and illnesses. When I say every person left with a prescription for Percocet, I am not exaggerating. They were written without even blinking an eye. You literally saw the decline in people. It was heartbreaking.

[@randallanthony1794]

The war on drugs turn their back on people with extensive pain and nobody cares people are committing suicide all kinds of shits happening and it’s about power it’s a war on drugs in the 90s that didn’t happen you could hardly ever get pain pills they are bugging Mormon church started that in the 70s they’re the ones and they can say all they want about that most of the steps of media play

[@johnsullivan6756]

Yes I seen and was part of media pressure even to help people with chronic pain , doctors wanted to try and give people in pain some quality of life , it's a slippery slope. As in the past the medical est. haven't any solution's for people in pain now it's so bad ,no one cares and your on your own people don't expect anything cause your not gonna get anything.so society has abandoned the legit users of opiates . Government is making money now also in rehab facilities.instead of from big pharma lobbyist and I believe everything coming in with heroin Fentynl illegally as well as the change in pot legalized, it's another way govt getting a payday. imo I don't think I'm exaggerating any .

[@roxanne4820]

"We have a drug war, but as I drove into town I noticed a drug store" - Terence Mckenna

[@Patriotx-gx4ce]

Doctors over prescribed opioids than pulled back to the point where they barely give you anything for legitimate chronic pain like mine as a combat veteran who tried everything for 14 years from physical therapy to surgery to everything else and nothing has worked

[@natalieg5601]

I live with chronic pain. And I use prescribed hydrocodone. I have to say. If I ever die from an "OD", don't be sad for me. I will no longer be suffering.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Life sucks man....i appreciate your honesty.

[@malterwitty5433]

Jeez that’s so sad , I wish you all the best , remember you are taking these tablets not using - for an illness . Bless you

[@greentree6373]

Nobody ever thinks they’ll get hooked on opiates after an injury, but it happens a lot! When I went through my injury/amputation, that’s how I got and went through addiction. Unless you’ve been through it, you’ll never understand or realize what addicts go through! I hope anybody reading this message that’s going through it right now, finds hope and peace. Everyday is a struggle for me, but I keep going, you must realize that you can’t change your past, but you can set the stones for your future. Much love love and respect to everyone. ✌🏻

[@edkarter7062]

Glad you still with us! Had a back issue and had Oxy for it. Took 2 and got rid of them. Did not feel right when took them. Disconnected the best word I guess. Would rather stick with weed and the occasional drink. People getting rich on the pain and misery is wrong on so many levels. How do they even look at themselves in the mirror ?

[@Praisethesunson]

When the British were running their opium war in China. Their traders noted that the addiction rate per 100 people was roughly 8%. The American pharma ghouls that launched the opium war on America *definitely* have the addiction rate for these products. Shame we won't ever get to see those records.

[@jimb788]

This really hit home for me I was addicted to narcos for 10 years and I'm almost 2 years clean now. I lost almost everything i had at the time even my family i had. Totally not worth it.

[@Portapottypossum]

How you were able to score on the street?

[@jimb788]

@@Portapottypossum money and knowing people

[@samanthawhitter7669]

Well done and good luck. These things tried to ruin us but sounds like you.are strong and made the change. What triggered you getting clean after 10 years

[@jimb788]

@@samanthawhitter7669 I just got tried of everything. Worrying about where to get them where to get the money. Basically I was becoming a person I wasn't. It gets old

[@malterwitty5433]

Firstly well done 👏 Is the codeine family & morphine family opioids ?

[@socialsecurity9453]

I’m 16 and fighting for my life. I didn’t know but the blue M30s in the streets are fentanyl, and I was taking those for about a year and now getting off them is difficult asf as the withdrawals are crucial and horrible. And there seems to be no help for a youngin unless you’re 18 here in Tx, for now I js pray I can get my life back and fight everyday of my life. I pray that whoever is addicted to heroine or fentty get clean and gets a beautiful life.🙏🏼❤️‍🔥

[@Raduloviic__b]

Bro, listen to me, try taking DMT, microdose on acid/shrooms everyday and meditate, psychedelics are proven to stop an addiction, don’t give up bro

[@fybdrilltime3166]

Damn bro sorry to hear that being so young but you still have time I was addicted for two years literally I could eat up to 15 pills a day every day and I knew I had to stop I been clean for 5 months now and I feel free

[@samidavis3146]

Whoever you are you are young with a lot of life in front of you. From what I know people with addictive personality need to find things that are good to be addicted to like making art or music, practice some yoga or workout and importantly surround yourself with good people so habit can change. I heard mushroom is also good to reset the brain. Take care and may God give you strength to overcome your addiction!!!

[@rialeysteele7675]

@@Raduloviic__b this is true it might seem stupid because there is so much stigma around psychedelics but microdosong with meditation has been proven through hundreds of studies to stop alcoholism, heroin addiction, methamphetamine addiction etc. And can also cause life changing realizations you didn't even know you could have

[@davidkruse4030]

@@Raduloviic__bthat’s terrible advice. He needs to goto treatment. Those drugs will do nothing for the withdrawals.

[@newenglande3052]

I lived across the street from that flag memorial in Quincy, MA. That cops situation is common around here. Proud to say I’m 3 years sober as of October 9, 2020.

[@kwntedits199]

Good for you

[@allabelina6920]

Proud of you dude!!!!!

[@kbayj]

Good for you man.

[@pietvelkens219]

Good this.

[@BrandonCockridge18]

You should do some black

[@tylerschmidt5387]

And they say weed is the gateway drug..

[@campkira]

all drug is gateway drug.. only used them if you are in pain and under doctor supervision...

[@elmigomigo5359]

I know people that said they smoke crack before they tried weed

[@rafaelpenaloza9304]

@@elmigomigo5359 😂😂😂

[@bendmall4341]

The Gateway to refrigerator and freezer

[@Islam.is.the.truth..]

How is weed not a gateway drug lol me and so many people started smoking bud at 14 and from there we became more curious to try other drugs for a bigger high

[@scuzpunk79]

I spoke to a friend recently. I said, 'l feel like 1/2 our high school class is dead.' He said, '18 my last count. ' That's about 20 percent of my former school mates. I'm in my 40's now and it's still happening. I just lost another friend.

[@malterwitty5433]

That’s awful statistics on such young life’s . Keep strong

[@carolguest5622]

😢

[@KTHR56]

When I had my wisdom teeth out last year, they prescribed me opioids. I flat out refused to take them. I didn’t want to end up as a statistic. Yeah my teeth hurt, but it didn’t last forever and I got through it. I feel so bad for the people who have become addicted.

[@melissajones5474]

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[@melissajones5474]

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[@melissajones5474]

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[@plaidchuck]

Bullshit.

[@juliaf.6105]

In America they give opioids for a wisdom thoot?? That's a bit sus tbh there are weaker pain med that are just as effective for that

[@lukeslayer]

I'm extremely lucky. I had a similiar situation to the young man in the video. I had an injury and went to a doctor who prescribed me strong opiods, as the tolerance went up so did the dose and time frame. Before I knew it I was taking over 160mg oxycontin a day plus absolutely anything else I could get my hands on with codeine etc... Thankfully I never touched heroin or a needle because here in Australia I was able to go to another doctor who prescribed me Suboxone which is a mix of Buprenorphine and Naloxone, its a dissovable tab you put underneath your tongue. I'm now 2 years clean and 3 months off the Suboxone. It's literally a LIFE SAVER. Good luck everyone, sending all my strength and love to you all.

[@NiePieerdol]

@Duncan Here in Poland they use opioids almost exclusively for hospitalized patients after surgeries. Impossible to get a prescription, unless you're old and one foot in the coffin.

[@ehiggins360]

How did you get off of the subs?

[@lukeslayer]

@@ehiggins360 so my starting dose was 8mg and settled eventually at 16mg (daily) alongside my doctor I reduced 2mg at a time with 3 - 4 week intervals. If you go too quick like I did once the withdrawals are like getting the worst flu you have ever had, I collapsed in the kitchen I was so shaky and weak, also anxiety was through the roof. It generally takes 3 or so days for your body to realise an adjustment based off my experience and any side effects were at their worst between days 3 and 6 then after a week or so its back to normal. Good luck everyone, getting off the opiods and onto a treatment like this or methadone is a literal life saver and the best thing you will ever do, if you have these options avaliable to you I couldn't recommend it enough.

[@tasosg.9405]

@Duncan same in Greece

[@usarkarzts4207]

@Duncan here in Spain we have a saying: Paracetamol and lots of water.

[@Bandobenz18]

I’m 2.5 years clean off a few years of oxy and xanax addiction. Went to a 12 month program and changed my life. It’s possible to do! You just need to do.

[@lenanutella5209]

Going to suscribe to you trying to get clean off the exact two things , thank you

[@ksplyff]

I like how vice minimized recovery in this vid. really sad.

[@k_xxo]

Good for you!!! 🙌🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@k_xxo]

We’re or are you on methadone or Suboxone? Or did you use either to get off of them? Suboxone has fully helped me. Except I’m stuck at 2mg a day. And Clonazepam.5mg. Even though it’s such a small amount it’s so hard to fully stop.

[@ksplyff]

@@k_xxo i was on it for over 6 years, on varying doses, and the longer i was on it, eventually raised the dose to its highest. I finally got clean 1.5 years ago from 12-step and am ultimately very grateful i got off it, especially when doctors told me i need to stay on it for life. Clearly i didnt. Havent even thought of using drugs in a long time.

[@spillthetea9453]

I live in Europe and after a surgery last year, I woke up in pain, seeing they only gave me Tylenol (Paracetamol) after my surgery. I asked to receive stronger meds and they refused. Now I know why.

[@chaotiongsai]

I live in Asia. Here we get NSAIDs for pain relief after childbirth or surgery.

[@kellygarland63]

And that’s the kicker. People who really need pain control don’t get it.

[@y.g24]

@@kellygarland63people who are really in pain get morphine under surveillance. In the USA it’s almost if there is no middle ground. There is a difference between no medication at all or passing out narcotics more potent than heroin to everybody with a little bit of pain.

[@nicolletrampe29]

@@kellygarland63if the rest of the world can live without oxy why can’t USA?

[@kellygarland63]

@@nicolletrampe29 I was talking about opioids, not Oxy specifically. Some pain requires opioid use.

[@nareshgoolcharran1990]

What sucks is being a person with a dibilatating disease living everyday in pain and having doctors that don't want to give out opioids because of all the restrictions

[@nareshgoolcharran1990]

@Austin Santos I've heard of it but never had it or looked into it.

[@nareshgoolcharran1990]

@Austin Santos that's pretty awesome I definitely will

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

You are not alone, Please fight with us for Our Human Rights!✊✊✊ www.acsh.org/news/2019/10/21/gee-pain-pills-are-not-real-killers-and-sun-rises-east-who-knew-14349 It's the Fentanyl, Stupid. But Politicians Still Target Pain Pills. | American Council on Science and Health www.acsh.org/news/2020/10/14/its-fentanyl-stupid-politicians-still-target-pain-pills-15091

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

@Austin Santos God Bless you, Yes! And the FDA tried to get rid of it too! This is tied to Big Rehab and Suboxone profiteers trying to funnel legitimate pain patients into their services for profit and their has been corruption in the CDC in 2016, FDA and misuse of the DEA to enforce these policies. Please learn what is happening with all the players and fakers involved at: - Dr. Josh Bloom A.C.S.H - Vet. Robert Rose Jr. @ SickofSuffering.com - Pharmacist Steve.com - Dr. Forrest Tennant - Dr. Richard 'Red' Laurence - Ken McKim KZbin vlogger The Slow Death of Compassion in USA - Pat Anson The Pain Network - The Insufferable Movement

[@angiebear8727]

Ty for mentioning this. I have MS with chronic debilitating nerve pain. Opioids used to give me some semblance of a normal life. Now because of folks using them to get high my meds were cut to next to nothing, I sit or lay down most days all day. It’s incredibly difficult to take a shower etc etc. No quality of life left at all. Thanks a lot for abusing a medication that used to help me be functioning member in society. Addicts will get heroine, people like me just suffer in a loop of pain.

[@duniabhy3199]

Ever wondered if the big pharma companies are actually part of the cartel. I'm sure they play a huge role and cooperate with each other

[@joshuataylor6464]

That’s actually a bloody good question when you think about it

[@heavenmoore6993]

I got addicted to oxy at 13 due to a track injury. I didn’t need the oxy I could deal with the pain, the doctor pushed it on me. Said it would get me back on the track. I was poised to be the next great track star running a 12 flat 100 meter in middle school. Ruined my life!! I was just a kid & lost so much. I wish I never met that man!! Now I watch the races finding myself envious of where I should be. Hurts my soul

[@janesmy6267]

How has US not addressed this issue yet? In Europe, it is much harder to prescribe drugs and doctors are held accountable. The fact that US hasn’t updated its policies to reduce the addiction pandemic tells me that profits matter more. Capitalism is more important?

[@heavenmoore6993]

@@janesmy6267 bc money is more important than anything in this country.

[@chiarac3833]

Where were your parents in all this? Mine may have said okay temporarily while the injury healed but no to long term treatment just to get you back to sports. Seems like a lot of people failed you when they should have protected you.

[@BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

America lost the war on drugs long before Nancy Reagan said, “just say no.” The U.S. and Canada find it cheaper to let addicts die than it is to spend the money on treatment especially in the U.S. where health care is privatized.

[@TucsonDude]

The addicts need to assume some personal responsibility. It's not the governments job to keep you clean. It's YOURS!

[@bentob1ox]

@@TucsonDude the government doesn’t care about you, as long they got a slice of money

[@akiamano6950]

I don’t get it. Those who get overprescribed opioids by their doctors deserve to be saved, but those who deliberately try them for fun absolutely don’t imo. It’s your choice and you gotta pay for that.

[@jacobnapkins1155]

@@TucsonDude this is such b.s. telling everyone to fix the problems themselves is not a scalable solution we can either keep lining drug dealers pockets and have more and more damage to communities or we could actually maybe care about something other than ourselves for once.

[@aurum_7201]

They offered me oxycodone after I had surgery on my elbow and my family and I said no, it wasn't worth the risk considering what happens to people who are on it. I hope more people are able to say no to opioids and alternative pain medications are discovered.

[@duncanyourmate2433]

arent you a hero , opioids have been around for many centuries , rather drink spirits , Fine , I'd take an opium pipe anyday over booze , (many people use oxycodone in prescribed amounts an are fine)

[@ladylady7848]

I had a surgery 3 years ago, and they only prescribed me 15 oxys. I used only 7 of them over the course of 3 days and that was it. Wasn't addicted at all

[@TheRach995]

thankfully, for many applications, appropriate doses of NSAIDs like ibuprofen and Toradol have actually been found to be more effective than opioids, the drawback is that NSAIDS, especially over-the-counter ones are easy to abuse, not to get high since they're not psychoactive but just to get rid of the pain, which can cause some serious damage to the stomach and kidneys. I think most things in medicine are kind of a double-edged sword

[@Dvlly99]

What a goodie too shoe!!!!! Jokes

[@mr2hard2see]

We got hooked by those ppl in the community most of you looked up to. Their squeaky clean backgrounds and prestigious jobs that gave them wealth invested funding for opioids. They got richer as we got hooked and their peers wrote more prescriptions than a pharmacy could fill.

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

Personal accountability is a thing... and unironically the first step in recovering from psychological addiction... It's no one's fault if you're an addict, but yourself... No on can make you stop also, but yourself. Blame shifting does not solve addiction

[@Moe1993x]

@@LDuke-pc7kq Did you not watch the video? A significant number of people became addicted to opioids because doctors were prescribing them recklessly. Bob goes to the doctor, the doctor tells bob to take this medication, bob takes it, bob is now hooked. How is that bob falts?

[@jacksontruth8488]

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[@jacobnapkins1155]

@@LDuke-pc7kq bro it's nice to pretend everyone will get better but this is b.s. and not a scalable solution.

[@angusdog22]

Big Pharma: “ Hey, why do the cartels get to make all that money and we don’t ? “

[@manlyjoel8829]

Other way around...

[@dickhedd8490]

Google Tennessee Eastman Selling MMA To Cartels

[@kaeateatamarieroberts-toth4947]

I had a brush with codeine and tramadol addiction from the ages of 13 to 15. It's my 18th birthday tomorrow and I still don't feel like I should even be here. They may make you feel good in the moment, but you won't be feeling any better when your parents are putting you in a dirtbox. Please stay safe.

[@Audreyreagan.s]

Hey, I was addicted to tramadol, oxycodone and Fentynal at your age range too. You WILL make through and find life is worth it. I'm now 24, you will survive and have a good life. You have to make it for yourself

[@kaeateatamarieroberts-toth4947]

@@Audreyreagan.s I'm happy that you made it out, thank you for the supportive words. I'm trying to do anything and everything to keep myself away from it

[@DETRACT0RD00M]

tramadol and codeine are fucking vitamins compared to heroin.. be grateful you guys were born when you were because by the time you guys were in high school, they had already shut down the mills and oxycodone had been made "tamper proof.." I'm not at all bragging, I just want to preface the subsequent, but by the time you guys were freshman, I had already been deep inside addiction going on 10 years.. sometimes circumstance trumps choice.. remember to be grateful.. I know I am..

[@kaeateatamarieroberts-toth4947]

@@DETRACT0RD00M yeah who asked?

[@seventeenseventysix4817]

But again. The issue is compounded by the fact that those of us who need painkillers daily, and don't abuse them now struggle to get the help we need. I never have and never will buy illicit drugs. Many friends committed suicide because they couldn't handle the physical pain anymore. It's a sad time to be alive.

[@nicolletrampe29]

I always say what is wrong with America that somehow they don’t give out these opioids outside the hospital like this in other countries and for some reason we can’t? Why can’t we live without oxy I think that says we’re the problem

[@TheRishabhkumar]

It needs to be regarded primarily as a health crisis rather than a criminal crisis.

[@samichgrrl]

Thank the Sackler family.

[@levinb1]

The Opium Wars and the East India Company learning that addiction means profit.

[@neeneko]

@Jason Blaha’s Strength and Fatness Have you seen what happens to countries that try to ban US produced cigarettes? the Opium Wars are still used at a template due to their incredible success for England.

[@princessbecca8315]

My ex-husband, and father of my three children, died last month at age 42 after multiple heroin overdoses. It cost him years with his children, his wife, and eventually his life.

[@jerrybartlett7479]

I hope that you and your family will see Him again someday. Please stay strong, l know it is not easy.

[@InternetExplorerer]

@@jerrybartlett7479 he is dead, they will never be able to see him

[@jerrybartlett7479]

Believe in Jesus Christ and they will.

[@ambergraybeal3200]

I live in a rural area that unfortunately sees a lot of overdoses. It’s so damn sad to see these people and the pain in their eyes, but yet they are totally unwilling to get clean. It’s truly heartbreaking.

[@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx]

North America in a nutshell.

[@rahulv8882]

58000 people died in Vietnam war 70000 died with opiate doses Thank you Captain America!

[@monofeo4213]

My God please help us addicts to get our lives back. Please!!!!!

[@samanthawhitter7669]

I have been through it and I hope U can get there too. It's a battle and these doctors who prescribed it and made us addicts made me realise they do more harm than good. It took me over 10 years to get off and I did but it was a journey. I hope U r ok and get your life back because life on this stuff was no life when I look back. Good luck

[@samanthawhitter7669]

@@christfollower05 I think it's great God and the church helped you. Did you also need to seek treatment?

[@gowdsake7103]

Moron GOD allowed you to get addicted you think your delusion will help you sheesh

[@MCshlthead]

god doesnt give a shlt

[@GalatheonIL52NEP]

New reporter is brilliant, don’t get rid! I was gutted when Hamilton’s Pharma series came to an end 😭

[@dg5450]

New season of Hamilton’s show is coming this year!

[@GangGang1]

@@dg5450 thats great news!

[@AngelofDethMetal]

Season 3 is in the works. COVID shutdown production for a bit but itll be coming back at some point for sure, Hamiltons did livestreams talking about episode topics and production stories over the summer.

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

⬆️Too bad then he isn't a real 'journalist' and everything you just heard was recanted numbers by the FDA in 2018 and Worse was literally 'P.R.O.P.-aganda' designed by Big Rehab & Suboxone Profiteers.Please learn the TRUTH ⬇️ | American Council on Science and Health www.acsh.org/news/2019/10/21/gee-pain-pills-are-not-real-killers-and-sun-rises-east-who-knew-14349 It's the Fentanyl, Stupid. But Politicians Still Target Pain Pills. | American Council on Science and Health www.acsh.org/news/2020/10/14/its-fentanyl-stupid-politicians-still-target-pain-pills-15091

[@AngelofDethMetal]

@@LDuke-pc7kq did you watch the whole video? He specifically cites ending prescriptions and the subsequent rise of black market heroin/fentynal as the 'true opioid crisis'

[@ryxarchive6713]

thank you big pharma thank you big tobacco

[@murhafsukkar9555]

We, who live with unbearable pain yet can’t get any pain medication, and have never had any addiction history, are the ones paying the price of what others did

[@remedy9648]

Agreed

[@TucsonDude]

Yep, it's the selfishness of pillheads which hurt us all.

[@gaeig]

how absolutely kind of you to blame homeless and jobless opioid addicts and make a sad completely innocent victim out of yourself!

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

@@gaeigdude shut up

[@coelthomas]

A perfect example how a completely uncontrolled market, whether it's legal or illegal, will create a lot of problems. Regulation and control always works better.

[@Twiztidjuggalo42000]

I live in an area where we had a sheriff get hooked and eventually busted for stealing from medication disposal bins in his county. Did his time, which being the sheriff I'm sure his stay in prison was extremely difficult, and now he works for a rehab center. I actually had a lengthy conversation with him while trying to find treatment. IT LITERALLY CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. Almost anyone addicted does not want this life for ourselves. We want to be free but it takes a multi angle approach to rehab which includes a plan to improve our quality of life which is something nobody addresses. We want to get better and we can get better but it's the most difficult thing you'll ever do. Keep fighting I know I won't stop until I'm sober or dead...

[@hoodieflame6058]

hope everyone reading this has a great day ily

[@Salacuatroveinte]

Have a great day as well

[@stinkbaitdawelder2964]

No

[@thatgirlreacts5465]

“Ily”?

[@nofox777]

I love you too, you as well

[@dope8452]

@@thatgirlreacts5465 i love you

[@benjaminharcourt9878]

I'm 29 and every time I find out someone dies my first question is "did they OD?" because that's just the most likely scenario and usually the case.

[@SADtv_]

It’s crazy how many people from the “suburbs” I see begging for change or dead on the street. Times definitely change

[@austinfaulkner9070]

Methadone is so effective! Been a heroin addict since I was 19, I'm 24 now and methadone doesn't get me high at all, it allows me to get thru the day without having to struggle.

[@RunAmokFamilia]

You are addicted to methadone. 2 week withdrawl off that and suboxone. It is worse than opiates. Do some research and get off it.

[@s.b.--]

Try Kratom. Ofc u can addicted too but that's better than long lasting potent opiods to substitute.

[@dboy2462]

Yes, but it only works for half of the heroin addicted population. Medical-grade heroin itself should be a maintenance option for the ones who fail at methadone. Switzerland solved it's heroin crisis by doing that. In Canada doctors are prescribing injectable Dilaudid pills for maintenance and are many lives are being saved thanks to that. I'm on morphine maintenance myself. I inject 3 doses of 120mg of morphine per day and live a completely normal life with my family. No overdoses, no crime, no bullshit.

[@badcompany7654321]

You shouldn't be on that anymore

[@vizon-aryproductions6191]

@@dboy2462 wish more states would help people this way. i swear i see my friends and family stuck in the methadone and subutex circle . there needs to be another solution to maintenance

[@pcity5136]

Prayers to all those who are addicted.

[@Hargazer]

The CIA knows.

[@patricianoftheplebs6015]

Don’t get epstined

[@13Jared]

More people die per year in alchohol related deaths but we aren't declaring war on that. Meanwhile people with chronic pain aren't being treated adequately.

[@jungxehuin9404]

Alcohol should be illegal and that’s facts

[@Beamboy555]

I have crohns and every time I mention I have some pain they write me a prescription for painkillers. I mention how it interrupted my sleep they’ve already rung me a prescription for sleeping tablets. I’m in the U.K. too

[@ashtonshota3584]

I agree I am not being treated adequately due to people like this. It’s not fajr

[@nothingleft777]

Damn. Corporate greed kills Americans every day

[@jowitbeats2000]

This drug crisis is heartbreaking

[@googlereviewer1944]

Purdue, pure greed, pure evil. The executives involved should be sent to prison for destroying millions of lives.

[@FisherMuns]

Dislocated my collarbone the first game of my senior year playing college football. Dr. prescribed me oxy after surgery and I knew I wasn't gonna be dependent on them, so I only took 2 and made the choice to throw the rest out. Never looked back.

[@idontcare-sf1vb]

This is why I say Trauma/poor mental health is the real gateway drug. So many people are fine but some people take it and are hooked on the first pill😢

[@LiKWiDjay]

I am so grateful to have gotten out in the nick of time. That fentanyl is no joke

[@mcu1fan822]

💯 It Sure Is 💯... I Hate Life Right Now I Hate Myself Right Now... I'm A Slave To Myself I Have To Get My Poison Everyday By Any Means...

[@davidg9282]

When the dude said he might not live to see 32, I was thinking damn he looks 52

[@amberl3305]

7.5s and dilaudid?? That's a jump from 5s. As a former heroin addict, I know.

[@Rollanotheronemyfriend]

In 2010 my so called doctor prescribed pain killers for a small bit of arthritis in my knee. Since 2010 he prescribed everything with exception of street herion for 10 years I used and I'm lucky to be alive. Incidentally I no longer use painkillers.

[@brendanricard3994]

this is just so sad. how can life be this messed up? :( my thoughts and prayers to anybody that knows or is related to anyone that passed away from an OD!

[@captnron59]

And when programs like AA or NA convince people that they are powerless to their addiction, that only makes people more apt to relapse. You are not powerless, your mind can do wonders if you can get that mindset.

[@malterwitty5433]

Agreed I’ve seen some awful advice in aa & na , one sponsor of a friend I had years ago told him to stop taking his HIV meds that god would heal him . He luckily is alive but got very very ill I’ve seen sponsors sack sponsees for taking meds from operations Most are mad in those places

[@stevestever8907]

They don’t mean your powerless if youre sober They mean youre powerless if youre actively doing it, to any extent, which you are Thats why they say sobriety is the only way, because you cant only do “sometimes” if youre an addict If youre sober youre fine, if youre using, you ARE powerless

[@captnron59]

@@stevestever8907 it's a trap to keep you coming back. I've been addicted before and beat it myself by telling myself that I'm not going to do it anymore. If you can't be honest to yourself, then forget it, your worthless.

[@DB-dn9ue]

One of the best services you have ever produced. I have always looked at your reportages but here the gap between perceived reality and reality far away has been overcome. The opioid crisis is very serious and if it is not prevented with "delicate" methods it will kill 50% of our children, the lever of tomorrow, our future. Thanks VICE, I was moved by the power of the words / music used this time really well.

[@lostross]

i have chronic pain. when i took opiates after surgery, i was pain free for the first time in years. i like not being in pain but i don’t like how loopy and nauseous they make me feel. i want to be able to do stuff if i’m not in pain

[@Trymr]

Just to let you know, if you’re shot & killed or die in a car accident while having even legal prescriptions for opioids in your system, it’s an “opioid related death.” The numbers are highly inflated.

[@MyRedmamba]

Where did you get this from?

[@daveyboy8907]

The same as the cornholio scam.. The people diemg in hospice are labeled a Cornholio death.. They know how to fudge the numbers.

[@patrickpowers2788]

If you died in a car crash during the COVID pandemic. They deemed it a covid death . Now that's facts .

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

I can not say that I love the idea of blaming everything on the pharmaceutical companies. I had a very hard traumatic childhood with serious injuries and illness. It is important to understand that stamping out one universal policy is not the right thing to do. Taking away peoples medicine and making it impossible to get will only force people to do other things.I feel like first the legal prescription drugs are taken away, then even the legit street drugs were taken away and people had fentanyl forced onto them. I am tired of seeing all these people dying.

[@pontificaterebal677]

I danced with opoids for over 20 years. Having had endless relapses and rehabs, out patients and thousands of meetings, it's amazing I'm still standing. What makes keeping clean easy for me now is that my body will take no more. To bad it had to come to that, but I'm grateful for the life I do have. If opioids can kick my butt- they can kick anyones...

[@mcu1fan822]

I'm Losing My Fight With Opioids AKA FENTANYL Right Now... Plz Pray For Me...Plz

[@Jackjohnjay]

Big farma should be covering the cost of 1 year’s treatment for every addict who has a history of an opioid prescription since they lied.

[@catfission]

When my late husband overdosed on Carfentanyl it took 40 - that's right, 40 Naloxone kits to bring him back. What's even scarier is that there are an immense number of Fentanyl analogues. Some just as strong as Carfentanyl but with longer half lives.

[@bongratunrthdoxtrsh5324]

for reference ohmecarfentanil i believe is around 100 times stronger than carfentanil at that. scary stuff.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

Where is this stiff coming from? Are they prescribed by a medical doctor?

[@prodima3]

“We would like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs”

[@jayyoutube8790]

I was mixed up in this. In the late 90’s (after HIgh School) I was in a bad bike accident. It started with Darvocet and ended with Oxys. Thanks to a great wife and strong family, I am clean for 10 years now. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. It was hard, but “what don’t kill you makes you stronger” 💪🏻

[@URFAVTROLL]

Wow I ain’t seen darvocet in over a decade the pink ones

[@bossmanq6504]

This comment goes out to all those we lost to opioids, especially in 2020. You’ll never be forgotten❤️

[@chandrascharpf2432]

Here I am after a knee surgery and could only get 15 pills because of addiction of others.

[@benbaby100]

Then go get some dope.

[@charlescarter4608]

You wanted enough to catch an addiction huh?

[@kartzzy6101]

Consider that a blessing

[@HDcreature]

I was terrified when they were prescribed for me. I had a bad double ear infection so painful, I couldn't eat or sleep and I was going between chills and hot flashes. They gave me opiates for it but I only ever ended up taking one pill because I didn't want to get addicted. Never felt high from it though. Just thankful I could eat a little and then sleep.

[@GuitarListen]

If you say that you didn’t go through a high, and the meds were only prescribed a short period (ie: 5 days) you would’ve been fine.

[@MeettheWHo]

For an ear infection? What happened to antibiotics

[@rl5725]

What type of doctor tries to give I opioids for an ear infection... I've had a double ear infection twice and it's sore but not that bad that u need opioids...I took antibiotics and some parecetemol, was fine

[@HDcreature]

@@rl5725 I also took antibiotics. The pain pills were to help me function. It was bad enough that a nurse called me the next day to make sure I was alright, which tells me it was pretty bad since I've never had a medical person do that before. And yes I was taking paracetamol to help with the pain, but it was to the point where I was taking too much to cope with it and it still wasn't good enough 🤷

[@daniellesworld4491]

For an ear infection?! Wow these doctors need to be fired!!

[@Jackjohnjay]

At the same time, every single person should know now not to take opioids for longer than 2 weeks at a time. I’ve had chronic pain since I was 20 in 2000. They tried to give me opioids, I said no. After surgery, I took them for 10 days, that’s it. I just don’t know how people don’t know this. It’s obviously an opioid and they’re obviously, obviously, addictive we’ve known this for millennia. I’m really not feeling sorry for people who aren’t taking personal responsibility at this point.

[@salbill4484]

I'm a veteran. I am in pain everyday, some days I am bedridden. It's been that way on and off for 20 years and it's getting worse. The only reason I don't request stronger drugs is because I am afraid of becoming a junkie. Some doctors have offered but I always say no, even if I am crying from the pain. I know other veterans though, they did not say no. I see the effects. Addiction, embarrassment, death, wasted life... all the while trying to stem the pain.

[@malterwitty5433]

Sorry to hear , thank you for your service and all the best

[@ByAlonsoBarinotto]

I hope you get the help you need and deserve

[@robertcampbell9992]

21 years service, I deal with pain. Pills were readily available, I to seen the damage.

[@salbill4484]

@@robertcampbell9992 What a crazy world we live in, sacrificing so much and not getting the proper help. Have you been through the... hell of trying to get compensated for the pain? It's been 5 years and I still don't have a proper rating.

[@TucsonDude]

I'm a veteran, too! How does that justify your addiction?

[@dougieadams3819]

this is shocking! i have no idea how you can stop this, crazy

[@Tom-nv9lv]

@@ScottCreley All that evidence that legalisation works and the snowflake Republicans will continue to deny it.

[@pr51]

You can’t stop it. Now since people are asking to legalize all drugs, watch what happens. At some point you shoulda said no, but that time is long over.

[@gamertron0993]

@@ScottCreley America will never do that. They'd rather keep going to war with drugdealers lol

[@warbledurbler7905]

It's so easy to fall into that warm embrace. No pain, no worries. But after some time has passed, the warm embrace becomes an escape route from the demolition zone that is your life. People lose touch and suddenly you're all alone and have a huge mountain to climb in order to do the unthinkable and get sick to get better and live life without a much loved frenemy. But, don't give up, it gets better with time.

[@TheFourzee]

I agreed with you until the last part. It might not get better, and it will definitely not get better with time, only by your blood sweat and tears. Solving problems will always just lead to more problems, the only question is what you consider a good problem to have.

[@warbledurbler7905]

@@TheFourzee You're right there, I guess in that last part I was trying to be optimistic to give hope to people. I absolutely agree that it's a huge amount of blood sweat and tears- I'm on that treadmill myself. And to be honest, the majority of people won't succeed. I didn't want to put out false hope, but I didn't want to be overly pessimistic.

[@noodlessurprise]

A company got America hooked .. or rather a family.

[@IronCypher]

Kratom worked for me to get off oxycodone oxycoten.

[@katl1489]

Yes me too, a wonderful herb.

[@corruppy]

The only bad thing about it is if you use it too long you can get addicted to it

[@AMPFIELDVISION]

Cold turkey you were able to stop Oxycodone and replace with Kratom? How? How much MG of Oxycodone were you taking per day?

[@dg5450]

Oxy Corruptツ id much rather be addicted to kratom than oxy or h

[@michaeldriver1900]

How TF you get addicted to something and not know how to spell it? Lol