Ep. 31: She's So High
About this episode
The episode explores the opioid epidemic, detailing its origins, the role of Purdue Pharma, and the ongoing impact on communities.
They called it non-addictive. They were lying. In this episode, Crystal takes Andrea through the opioid epidemic, one of the deadliest public health crises in American history. From the origins of opioid use in medicine to the moment Purdue Pharma unleashed OxyContin on an unsuspecting public, we trace how a single drug company's greed, backed by manipulated research and a relentless sales machine, helped hook a nation. We dig into the doctors who prescribed, the regulators who looked the other way, and the communities left to pick up the pieces. Then there's fentanyl, the policy failures, and the people still fighting to survive an epidemic that was never an accident. This one was built on a lie. And a lot of people died for it.
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