Richard Sackler Handsome Big P*nis Not a Murderer | March 6, 2019 Act 1 | Full Frontal on TBS

[@bettywhiteandtheboondockers]

When I had minor surgery a few years ago I was prescribed oxy when I left but I requested a non narcotic painkiller instead. While the nurse was supportive, the doctor refused my request and wrote a script for the opioid. I tore it up and took ibruprophen for the Pain, which was actually pretty tolerable. I don’t understand why the doctor did that, unless he was benefiting somehow from it.

[@dmsdana4501]

That is terrifying. 😬

[@CBlargh]

I've had similar experiences! I've had doctors routinely prescribe massive amounts of hydrocodone for minor surgery and actual pushers in the hospital trying to get me to take more!

[@WilliamBlakeHall]

I was told by the surgeon I'd be in pain for 3 days, and then was handed a prescription for 50 Percocets I flushed most of them.

[@overlordpichu5577]

He probably was in some way, drug companies spend a lot of money to get a lot of doctors to reccomend their products.

[@profsdottir]

@@WilliamBlakeHall Very good on you that you didn't take them, but please please don't endorse flushing them. That puts opiates in the ground water or in the water treatment facility of your town or city. That can create higher than acceptable levels of opiates in a town's or city's drinking water. Most cities have a plan for disposing of opiates. Call your local government or law enforcement agency to find out about safe disposal options in your area. (This is just a public service announcement, because I don't think you are anywhere near to being the only person who has flushed opioids. That's why it is of real concern and we should get the message out to people not to do it.)

[@Japanthewoman]

There's also the fact they are making money from addiction treatment. So they make money making the problem and they make money fixing it. 😡

[@mikemorton954]

And they also make the generic version of oxy too.

[@depressedgaysassyitalianre5748]

As we all will, they will be judged one day

[@HideousConformity]

@@mikemorton954 Yeah, it's utterly disgusting. They make oxycontin, the generic version and the meds that are used to treat the opioid addiction people get from taking the first two products. I would've said it's like a serial killer investigating their own murders, but not even in their wildest dreams could they ever hope to reach the same body count as the Sacklers.

[@Ashpleeeease]

Hey @japanthewoman can you show me where I can learn about this addiction treatment BS?

[@froggy2therescue0266]

@@Ashpleeeease www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/09/08/the-man-who-made-billions-of-dollars-from-oxycontin-is-pushing-a-drug-to-wean-addicts-off-opioids/

[@lschramm42]

my heart goes out to everyone in the comments posting a memorial to someone they've lost to this madness

[@ipellly]

The cake looked like Mitch McConnell

[@scottie55]

McConnell in drag at Mardi Gras.

[@spookycigarette3621]

I thought the same thing!!!

[@dozog]

It only looked like Mitch McConnell after 5 hours under these studio lights.

[@sluttymctits4496]

Makes you wonder how much the Sackler's "donated" to McConnell's coffers, or more likely, just what McConnell has done for the Sackler family in order to get a cake made in his visage.

[@kathryndwright]

Dylan Haze There isn’t any difference between these two.

[@meeranaidu4656]

Love you for your fearless passion, Sam Bee!

[@depressedgaysassyitalianre5748]

I just fear this family will put a hit on her now

[@janwag6856]

Let’s rephrase that to say, “Sam and her hive of happy bees are protected from all harm, continue to bravely speak and protect the truth and have a darned good time doing it. Peace. “

[@G60J60F80]

It infuriates me how people blame the morals of the victims of addiction when in reality it's the rich sophisticates who should take the moral blame--and legal repercussions.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

And the broken healthcare system that doesn't treat the sick. In the never ending chase of the bottom line, ethics gets tossed out. Treating people with physiotherapy or addressing the underlying problems is too expensive - feed 'em a pill and declare "case closed", then blame them for an addiction.

[@Rozilla]

"Opioids aren't addictive!" .... I'm not a doctor but that doesn't sound right?

[@ViscariaASMR]

Back in the day, heroine was created to be a less addictive version of morphine. Sigh.

[@mikehamm45]

It’s not... I am a pharmacist, we knee these are addictive. Prescribers kept prescribing them, pharmacies kept dispensing them. No one wants to admit fault. Personally, I never dispensed OxyContin it outside of a few cases. Never even stocked it even though the “chain” pharmacy I managed kept on my case. We are all to blame, the drug company, the FDA, and doctors/pharmacists.

[@Para2normal]

@@mikehamm45 Despite me being a UK citizen I'd like to say thank you for only dispensing OxyContin rarely. You demonstrate a level of responsibility seen less frequently than needed. One of the things that concerns me most about Brexit is that new trade deals made with the US will require this sort of predatory behaviour to be permitted here.

[@philipbeni2332]

IASIP

[@thatjillgirl]

It's not. Every pharmacist I know felt this was fairly obvious, but many prescribers were willing to believe the lie that Oxycontin was somehow less addictive and less potent than morphine. Thankfully, most of them seem to be waking up now and prescribing more responsibly, but the damage has been done.

[@andrineslife]

At least that explains the title 😅

[@lexagarvey6419]

yeah, it initially confused me too but I love the reasoning

[@youngoldman9871]

Yeah that was a good one

[@niajosy4937]

Wow, some people really have no conscience.

[@dmsdana4501]

@I. Wynn Wynn Wow, somebody has issues...

[@capucnechaussonpassion14]

you can replace "some" by "rich" cause you don't get and stay rich by having a conscience it's pretty much the opposite and all of those "foundations" / charity work that they do is just to wash their conscience while being sure that the system they benefit from is maintained (and avoiding to pay their taxes also, with the foundations)

[@robertmelvin7908]

Purdue is now talking about declaring Bankruptcy so as to protect their drug asset gains; isn't that chapter 11 from Trump's "How to" book?

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

I'm okay with us not eating the rich - I suggest we just use them as bio fuel....

[@ViscariaASMR]

Thanks, Sam. Addiction has torn up my family and it's just shocking to know people profited off of it.

[@hazukichanx408]

People always seem to profit off addiction... and then, of course, they cast all blame on the addicts whose vulnerability they have drawn out and cultivated into a profitable despair farm. Where I live, it's more about online casinos, endless TV-advertised online casinos, but the general pattern is the same. Exploit the vulnerable. We need regulations that stop companies doing this, in any form. In the US, and the rest of the world.

[@EREJones]

The Classics library at my university is named after the Sacker family. It is completely disgusting how we accept money from these crooks (but not people like Stormzy, who wanted to set up at scholarship but whom we turned away!)

[@rcr257]

On the bright side...protest opportunity? A wing in the Guggenheim was receiving Sackler donations but they stopped after people threw hundreds of fake paper prescriptions from the balcony.

[@NewMessage]

_Rush Limbaugh has left the chat_

[@tahiramehmet7163]

no billionaire should be allowed to exist. there is simply no justifying that amount of money in the hands of one person.

[@sinw88]

Janet Baker bravo dude The only reason republicans exist is the fact that they all believe one day they become billionaires so they dont wanna pay taxes Lets face it though 99.9999% of republicans wont even make a million by the time they die

[@O4C209]

You're opinion makes no sense and has no way to happen. Should we just take Oprah's and Bill Gates' money. Money doesn't make you a bad person, it just makes you a more intense version of yourself.

[@erikamiessner5668]

@@O4C209 I don't think they're trying to say that billionaires are all inherently bad people. You can be wealthy and also kind and generous. But as a smaller and smaller group of people hold the majority of America's wealth, that just means millions more are at risk of poverty. Not only does this make the existence of billionaires pretty unethical, but it's also bad for the economy. As much as billionaires spend, they are never going to come close to buying as much and supporting businesses as much as millions of middle class Americans put together would

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Are you suggesting taking peoples money away?

[@erikamiessner5668]

@@jacobjorgenson9285 Like, in the form of higher taxes . . . yes? Unless you can think of a better solution

[@justinstephenson9360]

review of the hoodies - fugly. Classic and so true

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Lol I wear a hoodie exactly like that when I'm working near the road or out in the wood during hunting season. Lol I got it at Walmart for $8.00.

[@GermAntibody]

Oh my god, haha. Thank you.

[@NewMessage]

PLEAAASE tell me they call Jacqueline 'Jackie Sack' behind her back.

[@Sem5626]

lame

[@TheMattastic]

Sorry, Sam. I would still very much like to eat the rich.

[@gilbertjacobs3705]

no feed them bathsalts and lock them in a room together so they eat each other.

[@catherinechase5858]

@@gilbertjacobs3705 Then we eat the survivors..

[@SchoolforHackers]

With a nice merlot.

[@sbatra86]

You can start with that fugly cake.

[@mk1st]

As I saw on FB the other day: "eating just one oil company CEO would do so much more to combat climate change than thousands turning vegan"

[@SalvatoresiaEkine]

I can't believe I just found out about you. Binge watching all week.

[@dsmith3614]

Salvatoresia Ekine if you like her, you should also try Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and the Daily Show with Trevor Noah

[@c.b.m5043]

And Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

[@didoman2645]

And Stephen Colbert.

[@SeventhSaucer]

Seth Meyers has been doing some fine work on “A Closer Look.”

[@MrSlanderer]

Samantha Bee solo is Classic Daily Show-Good.

[@SamAtScareworks]

Sam Bee is always on the story before anyone. Guaranteed a week from now this will be the story hitting the waves

[@denissepaez493]

the 18 dislikes are all richard’s staff

[@Bigbopper01]

“Meet the rich” great segment give us more!!!!!!

[@KingOfMadCows]

El Chapo: "And I'm the one going to prison?"

[@ericreese7792]

If he'd just given generous campaign contributions to all of Congress, everything would be hunky dory.

[@swegitsweg7291]

KingOfMadCows false equivalency.

[@truejustice940]

@@swegitsweg7291 both drug cartels one is just legal

[@marsay82]

Lol, Sam Bee! I wondered why it was titled that way. Well played.

[@jenniferwilson6977]

I was SO confused about the title. LOL!

[@bscherer90]

This is unreal. Thanks, Sam.

[@canadianperspective3731]

ONLY 130 people dying a day from corporate greed? That’s a helluva way to create job openings...

[@Lumby1]

canadianperspective, As of 2017, 175 people dying a day, an 18% increase over 2016. $20,000 per death, that's a 'profitable' business, but, but, immigrants are killing Americans? Pathetic.

[@JordiVanderwaal]

Sam your show is so necessary. Thanks for shining a light on these dark issues with your humour and the way you explain things that actually matter. You rock!

[@anserafers8088]

The world needs more fearless people like Samantha Bee 🐝

[@ebybeehoney]

I had a friend whose grandmother was prescribed oxy for knee pain and the "doctor" forgot and kept increasing her prescription. A new doctor was shocked at the amount she was taking and about the same time family finally figured out something wasn't right. Grandma was addicted and had to detox. She had NO IDEA what was going on. She was in her 80s.

[@ebybeehoney]

@Janet Baker - I completely agree. I often remind myself that I believe death is better than debt. And what could be worse than a reoccurring debt from an addiction someone is purposely trying to induce in a paying population.

[@SeventhSaucer]

A lot of doctors are just plain blood-suckers. And they seem to be particularly callous toward old people.

[@hazukichanx408]

State-funded health care would help a lot, I think. Some standards and regulations, government oversight, accountability for doctors who prescribe drugs their patients don't need and are likely to get addicted to. Now who was it that was advocating for free health care, again...?

[@arh7303]

Thank you, Sam, for speaking truth to power. My daughter and I watch your videos every Thursday morning they come out. She wants to say "we ❤ u!"

[@SabrinaAndTeddy]

You're our hero, Sam Bee.

[@klarastern5597]

I'm glad this finally gets attention... I can't grasp the evil... how? Why? HOW?! How can you be so cold, selfish evil? How?

[@ClareBearBunny]

When you're at Olive Garden, you're family. When you're at an Olive Garden in Alabama, you're *really* family.

[@Kittymouth]

I thought she was gonna tear into those hoodies, but "...FUGLY" really covers it in full.

[@PeachesCourage]

I REALLY RESPECT THESE ESPECIALLY THIS ONE ! HEARTENING CRYING THANK-YOU SO MUCH !

[@debbiegross3136]

My cousin's son, who was a precious, precious young man, was in a car accident and severely injured. His doctor prescribed oxycontin. At first, it help a lot. But eventually he took a little more to help with his severe pain. Eventually, he became addicted. Then, in 2009, he died from an overdose. He was only 23 years old, with a wonderful life ahead of him. He had the best Mom and two wonderful twin sisters. It's helps to know, now, who actually killed him. How dare they blame the addicts! They should be made to take their own drug until they are addicted.

[@poutygorilla2698]

Sadly this situation has made it very difficult for patients to obtain proper pain management.

[@arx754]

Pouty: Yes, I think of that a lot. Sounds like a lot of doctors are SHEEP. If you can JUSTIFY that a patient NEEDS this drug for debilitating pain, "man up" and prescribe it.

[@chezmoi42]

This may be the best segment FF has done yet. Thank you, Sam.

[@LordOfVengeance]

Madame Guillotine has just the thing.

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

An extraordinary exposé.

[@ronbzoom8531]

A) That sphinx cake it totally going to give me nightmares. B) I swear that thing looks like Mitchell McConnell!

[@AlanJWatkins]

Looking out my office window now, and it looks like the landscape crew bought at least 7 of those hoodies

[@ValerieJNorse]

My guess is, they got them at some work-uniform supplier for about 1/20 the cost of Ms. Sackler's "creations." My guess is that they're also the exact same thing.

[@macfrichtel1]

Ive enjoyed your show for years, but this is your best work yet. Opioid addiction, & all other addictions, are this countries national emergency!!! Keep up the great work

[@d.v.crystal5589]

Excellent piece Sambee! Jon Stewart is surely proud!

[@sramoore0075187]

Right on Sam Bee! They did destroy a lot of lives. Money is the green devil.

[@AHersheyHere]

The next series of Narcos is going to awesome!

[@zyggy1997]

So glad they explained the title 😂

[@nowayjose4598]

Excellent video. Very difficult to make somethign as heavy as this insightfull and funny. Sam Bee is the queen!

[@PaullyMiller]

Love it. Keep up the fantastic work telling truth to power.

[@JaceCavacini]

Bankruptcy to protect their assets? THIS is the definition of privatizing the gains and socializing the losses.

[@jessetorres8738]

It's only been 1 episode, but I already miss Ashley.

[@ianlack4417]

Jesse Torres WHERE HAS SHE GONE?!

[@jessetorres8738]

@@ianlack4417: Not sure, but the previous episode was her last 1.

[@EricaGamet]

@@ianlack4417 I think she has her own series coming up!

[@vazak11]

Thank you for covering this!

[@limsstinks8428]

A lot of people don't understand that people with chronic, intractable pain rely on opioid medications, such as oxycontin, to manage (and not entirely eliminate) pain and have some quality of life. My mother, who has multiple severely painful conditions, tried every invasive procedure, every experimental treatment, incurred permanent side effects, before finally finding a clinic who would manage her pain appropriately. Hold pharma accountable for unethical sales or marketing practices, of course, but remember these medications provide critical support to those who need them. My mother would not be with me today if she did not have access to this care.

[@lindaclaudine3029]

LIMS Stinks And def raise your voice as it is folks like your mom, my sister, countless friends who are now gone - all are or were helped by opioids. And when true, long-lasting, likely lifelong pain is involved, let’s remember, one size does not fit all; we must call and write our representatives to let them know that there ARE folks whose quality of life is at stake if protections are not put in place for those with quality of life issues and certainly end of life situations. THEY are not the problem.

[@harriethonakerart4912]

If you were got a minor surgery back in the mid 2000s y'all remember how they we're handing these out like candy.

[@robertchandler5055]

I got 2nd degree burns on chest and stomach -the skin came off inside my shirt, just refused pain meds all together...monitor what you eat/take. no one is forcing anyone

[@tierrateske1932]

Love her. She makes it so easy to learn about very important topics

[@Unlikely_Pirate]

Thank you to my mom who cared for me after my major surgery and made sure to only give me Oxy for 12 hours before switching me to Advil. If only other people were as lucky as me. RIP to the victims. A plague upon the Sacklers.

[@michelekett1064]

After a small surgery I was prescribed a painkiller. Didn’t need it but when I read the script it was Oxcontin. I took it back and got my money back. I live in Australia where it’s also a problem here.

[@OneWorldLikeItOrNot]

That was brutal and I laughed. How do you do that?

[@bencoomer2000]

Why Sam Bee is a national treasure.

[@pokerinthefrontliqueurinth4971]

Thank you for that public service announcement that everyone should hear.

[@Invisiblenotbroken]

OK oxy is used also for some of us in chronic pain of daily levels of 8-9. I MUST take at least 1 Dayton be able to function (Ehlers Danilo’s 5 dislocations a day). For some of us Oxy is medicine we need. When reporting on opioid crisis please contact pain clinics.

[@stretchkitty21]

Guessing you meant daily not Dayton? Also struggling with severe joint pain from the same condition. I agree. There aren't good alternatives for severe pain. I understand the need to be careful but it has an important use.

[@nerdontheinternet]

When I become president, I'm giving Sam Bee a Knighthood.

[@MsZephyra]

There is also a Smithsonian gallery named after them, here in Washington, DC. I can't believe I never heard about where their disgusting blood money comes from. I am sickened by this, but grateful to Full Frontal for this important coverage. One of their references was a ProPublica article - seems that ProPublica has been investigating for a while now. Once I'm able to afford supporting good journalism, I will!

[@scottbaxendale323]

The Sacklers make El Chapo look like a saint.

[@JasonGastrich]

Smart lady

[@Arachmana]

My sister-in-law is bedridden and passes out due to opioid recovery. The damage is so severe that she has essentially aged rapidly in the course of 15 years. She walks and talks like my grandmother did. She will never live alone and will pass before her time. However if her doctor gave her sound advice and assisted her with her illnesses, as opposed to symptoms, that wouldn't have had to prescribed her any opioids.

[@Ada-tv7zl]

I wish you and your family well!

[@galinagreen6622]

Wow!!! Please, do more of these!!!!

[@christiannemclaverty5836]

Purely awesome segment, right on point👌🙋‍♀️

[@stephanieb4097]

Lol we’re bringing fugly back 😂

[@SchoolforHackers]

Stephanie Benitez Sure, it’s timely with neon.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Excellent job, Samantha!

[@Corrupted_Save_File]

Samantha Bee, you are a comedy goddess! keep up the good fight!

[@melvinbrennaniii2355]

I fairly demand a new one of these each week...ought to be easy to find the subjects, tbh...

[@4bibimimi]

The only people I see wearing day-glo hoodies are landscapers. I would imagine Joss Sackler's version is entirely too expensive for your average landscaper.

[@TheCstar07]

Wealthy Crossing Guards😆

[@rampant1apart]

Look, I just came for the title alone.

[@usernameredacted1764]

I've always wondered why does any family need more money in the bank than they could ever spend in 10 lifetimes

[@crisdelgado6338]

Amazing that this family gets to fly under the radar while El Chapo gets to go to jail

[@torylanezbaldspot6350]

I USED TO LOVE THE OG OC 80’s…. man what a time to be alive...

[@nimaforoughi7266]

Wooow! I never ever want to come on Sam B's bad side. She'll destroy me with those sarcastic burns in that light voice. Makes me shiver by the thought.

[@MrTrogjrog]

Don’t forget Abbott Labs! They were big part of promoting the drug but not many know it or mention it!

[@hyseize]

In a just & fair world, this family would be stripped of all assets with the money going to help addicts. Prison time is a given.

[@MichaelTheArchangel2500]

if they want to help, they should donate money toward mental health Nami. #mental health is needed for this country.

[@capucnechaussonpassion14]

they should be sued for all the people they murdered + paying huge compensations + rehab to the people they ruined the life of, and/or their families. All of their fortune should go to that an it wouldn't even be enough to repair anything

[@matwinner9708]

I’m currently looking for forward-thinking investors in a promising venture: selling pitch, forks and guillotines. The people are gonna need that stuff very soon

[@anniechaloupka8052]

Empire of Pain is a great book about the Sacklers......a MUST read!

[@dahmanbeck5256]

Well done! Thank you

[@lenoreleitch5297]

Oh Sam ... nailed it, as always. ❤️

[@Freesingskills19]

i know family--a husband and two young boys, who lost their wife/mother and a 25 yr. old man who was planning to start college the next month, both of whom had no drug history. dead. gone. their only 'crime?' they were in pain from injuries from car accidents, and addicted to prescribed opioids...

[@cnashford2]

0:14 That contrast of his "before" and "after." Geez.

[@eduardoubanell]

Why would Samantha bee’s family steal other families’ breadsticks at the Olive Garden?...they’re unlimited!!! Duh

[@rogermccaslin6750]

Neon clothes? I'm old enough to remember that being popular in the 80's. Seems Joss has a fantastic career in fashion behind her.

[@theresajackson1046]

Sam B you are a treasure.

[@johnnygosh5739]

Sam nails it every time.

[@matt24680]

Idk how I feel. Obviously this epidemic is bad but I think we are going to far the other way. My mother has ankylosing spondylitis and being of this epidemic they cut everyones meds, even people with chronic illness like my Mum. Now she cries for hours every day from the pain.

[@ValerieJNorse]

I'm so sorry. That's an awful condition. I hope the doctor will ease up on her.

[@MG-jj3pn]

I had foot surgery and the pharmacist decided that I only needed 1/4 of the prescription filled. I was in pain. I’m not an addict but the pharmacist decided that I was. I took the prescription to the pharmacy located in my doctors office bldg instead. No judgement. The problem with the current situation is that people in real verifiable pain are being treated as though we are addicts.

[@TheAndkaren]

Sam, you have actually kept me afloat through this whole horrible Trump nightmare (and it’s not really him. It’s the whole world of newly emboldened misogyny). You are so under appreciated and so brave. Keep it up. We need you. We hear you. Yes.

[@michelekett1064]

Money matters more than people to these abominable individuals. Thanks Samantha great segment.