
79: Alex Gibney Talks Opioids & His Doc “The Crime of the Century”
The Al Franken Podcast
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The Opioid Crisis - Where Are We Now?
CNN's John Sutter looks at the supply and demand for prescription opioids. He says big corporations created an enormous demand, which was then satisfied by addicts taking more pills. Doctors were nervous about prescribing doses that were too high because they could be contributing to adiction; expense factor also played a role in shift from OxyContin to fentinel.
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