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The Crime of the Century

For the illicit side, when OxyContin and these thingskind of came into the market in the...

For the illicit side, when OxyContin and these things
kind of came into the market in the 1990s and then people
becoming physically addicted to it unknowingly, if we look at enforcement against the pharmaceutical
industry that took place and against doctors and how
things are being prescribed, the people who utilized
those drugs, they now were kind of cut off
in their supply

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For the illicit side,
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when OxyContin and these things kind of came into the market
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in the 1990s and then people becoming physically addicted
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to it unknowingly,
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if we look at enforcement
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against the pharmaceutical industry that took place
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and against doctors and how things are being prescribed,
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the people who utilized those drugs,
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they now were kind of cut off in their supply.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:55
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, crime

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Movie Summary

A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
S01 • E01 - This should be available to people - The Crime of the Century 00:07
- This should be available to people
S01 • E01 The real fervor with which they pursued - The Crime of the Century 00:09
The real fervor with which they pursued
S01 • E01 "Access to the thing that I am selling - The Crime of the Century 00:12
"Access to the thing that I am selling
S01 • E02 And cartels and the illicit side of the markets - The Crime of the Century 00:08
And cartels and the illicit side of the markets
S01 • E01 There's a federal prosecutor in Virginia - The Crime of the Century 00:06
There's a federal prosecutor in Virginia
S01 • E01 - The investigation was conducted - The Crime of the Century 00:06
- The investigation was conducted
S01 • E01 The United States Attorney's Office - The Crime of the Century 00:13
The United States Attorney's Office
S01 • E02 So we're talking about thousands and thousands - The Crime of the Century 00:07
So we're talking about thousands and thousands
S01 • E02 The San Ysidro port, - The Crime of the Century 00:10
The San Ysidro port,
S01 • E01 [camera shutters clicking] - The Crime of the Century 00:04
[camera shutters clicking]
S01 • E02 And since then, - The Crime of the Century 00:05
And since then,
S01 • E02 It's just part of almost daily intercept loads here. - The Crime of the Century 00:04
It's just part of almost daily intercept loads here.
S01 • E01 We had crime rates going up - The Crime of the Century 00:05
We had crime rates going up
S01 • E01 We had an explosion - The Crime of the Century 00:06
We had an explosion
S01 • E02 I can tell you that there is Chinese-produced fentanyl - The Crime of the Century 00:17
I can tell you that there is Chinese-produced fentanyl
S01 • E01 And so, all of those things - The Crime of the Century 00:06
And so, all of those things
S01 • E01 Narrator: In 2001, John Brownlee was - The Crime of the Century 00:05
Narrator: In 2001, John Brownlee was
S01 • E01 With a small team of investigators, - The Crime of the Century 00:11
With a small team of investigators,
S01 • E02 [soft dramatic music] - The Crime of the Century 00:17
[soft dramatic music]
S01 • E01 - They spent years gathering documents from Purdue, - The Crime of the Century 00:11
- They spent years gathering documents from Purdue,