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OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin is one of America's
new prescription wonder drugs. It's the fastest-growing drug in America. OxyContin or Oxy,
as it's called, is suddenly the rage. Doctors say OxyContin
provides unprecedented relief for acute pain for seriously ill patients. Hailed as a breakthrough drug
for people in pain, it is now the most heavily prescribed
narcotic in the country. Its time-release properties
deliver the drug in controlled amounts
over a period of hours. It has a special coating
that works on a special time release. - So over a 12-hour period...
- OxyContin has taken a little-known drug company,
Purdue Pharma, - to the top of the industry.
- I hate you, Mortimer
new prescription wonder drugs. It's the fastest-growing drug in America. OxyContin or Oxy,
as it's called, is suddenly the rage. Doctors say OxyContin
provides unprecedented relief for acute pain for seriously ill patients. Hailed as a breakthrough drug
for people in pain, it is now the most heavily prescribed
narcotic in the country. Its time-release properties
deliver the drug in controlled amounts
over a period of hours. It has a special coating
that works on a special time release. - So over a 12-hour period...
- OxyContin has taken a little-known drug company,
Purdue Pharma, - to the top of the industry.
- I hate you, Mortimer
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OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin!
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OxyContin! OxyContin! OxyContin!
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OxyContin is one of America's
new prescription wonder drugs.
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It's the fastest-growing drug in America.
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OxyContin or Oxy,
as it's called, is suddenly the rage.
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Doctors say OxyContin
provides unprecedented relief
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for acute pain for seriously ill patients.
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Hailed as a breakthrough drug
for people in pain,
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it is now the most heavily prescribed
narcotic in the country.
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Its time-release properties
deliver the drug
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in controlled amounts
over a period of hours.
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It has a special coating
that works on a special time release.
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- So over a 12-hour period...
- OxyContin has taken
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a little-known drug company,
Purdue Pharma,
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- to the top of the industry.
- I hate you, Mortimer.
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Movie Summary
The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
