31/32,000 vehicles a day that come into the United States – and quite frankly they can’t screen every vehicle. ibid.
There’s two kids in the back of the car. ibid. local rozzer stops vehicle with dope
I never thought that I would be like this – a junkie. When I was younger I was just hanging out with friends, skateboarding, you know just a normal suburban life. When I first started using, it was pain pills you know on a weekend – kind of like a party thing … a neighbour of mine was using heroin … I may as well try it out: I was seventeen … ibid. addict with distressed withdrawing partner
We have lost trust in the government so we fend for ourselves. We are always alert because the price of poppies keeps rising. ibid. Mexican gangsta
I’d like to see my children grow up without weapons, without hitmen killing family upon family. ibid.
Oh, my God there’s stuff coming out of her mouth, coming out of her nose! The Trade s1e2, distressed father’s 911 call
Ashleigh’s case is my first fatal case and it weighs on you. It’s important that I find out who gave Ashleigh the heroin that killed her so I can bring them in before they kill someone else. ibid. rozzer
I would love it if it was all calm and we could live in peace. ibid. Mexican gangsta
Addiction is a son of a bitch. And I need to stop the cycle now because I don’t want my kids looking in a casket. ibid. mother
The courier that we arrested said that he was picking up money from an Hispanic female. He says she runs a stash house for the cartels, and that the stash house is part of a larger cell here in Columbus. The Trade s1e3, US rozzer
I’ve never thought of myself as a leader. I have defended my family and my town from Los Rojos. And through these actions we’ve won over the people. The Trade s1e4, Mexican gangsta
Hope After Heroin. ibid. protest march
Rozzer: What I need to know, Edith, is how many kilos come at one time to this house?
Edith: Maybe two kilos …
Rozzer: … At least twenty were here … ibid.
Sick and tired of being sick and tired … I knew I could change. ibid. addict
Edith and her co-conspirators pleaded guilty and are now in prison. ibid. caption
America’s overdose crisis is worse than ever before because of the synthetic opioid Fentanyl. The Trade s1e5, television news
Overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of fifty. ibid.
This horrible cycle that we’re stuck in … The heroin death rate is going up. ibid. rozzer
Behind their curtains things weren’t as they seemed: this world of domestic bliss it turned out wasn’t quite real. In the 70s the illusion began to disintegrate: social conventions were challenged, technology invaded the home, teenagers became surly, the divorce rate surged, the nuclear family exploded and all hell let lose. This is the story of a group of Britain who over the past three decades reshaped Games Britannia. It’s about pioneers who opened up a different world and invited us. Benjamin Woolley, Games Britannia III: Joystick Generation, BBC 2009
‘The thing that changed computer games for ever in Britain was the arrival of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum: which was this affordable home computer which immediately became most famous and most loved for its ability to play games.’ ibid. Margaret Robertson, video games journalist
When people first started to talk about the addictive quality of computer games, Manic Miner was Exhibit A. ibid.
Black & White gives us the chance to explore a world with our own moral compass, to discover for ourselves what happens when we choose to do the right thing or the wrong thing. The genesis of Virtual World was now complete. British game-makers had found a rich source of satire, emotion and politics to play with. ibid.
Tomb Raider showed the potential of home computers and consoles to simulate in life-like detail the extraordinary natural marvels, the most extraordinary of all was Lara herself. ibid.
‘You shoot a lot of endangered species in the face.’ ibid. Charlie Brooker
This is what fantasy games such as Heavenly Sword struggle to do: to mix the right quantities of story and character together, whilst leaving a place for us in the narrative. ibid.
‘Wipeout is just an object lesson in 3D gaming.’ ibid. Dr James Newman
‘If nothing is real, is everything allowed?’ ibid. Robertson
This one is a monster … More than 80 million copies … It’s had a huge impact … Grand Theft Auto … Beneath the surface layer of shock and awe lies a deep sense of irony. ibid.
When I was there I always felt like fundamentally it was a force for good. I don’t know if I feel that way any more. The Social Dilemma, Netflix 2020
Is social media making your child depressed? ibid. news
Plastic surgeons have coined a new term for it – Snapshot Dysmorphia – when you patients want surgery so they can look more like they do in filtered selfies. ibid.
Today I want to talk about a new agenda for technology. And why we want to do that is because if you ask people what’s wrong in the tech industry right now, there’s a cacophony of grievances, and scandals, and they stole our data, and there’s tech addiction, and there’s fake news and there’s polarisation and there’s some elections getting hacked – but is there something beneath all these problems? ibid. Tristan Harris
Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now. ibid.
‘How much of your life can we get you to give to us?’ ibid. Tim Kendall
‘We now have markets that trade in human futures at scale. And those markets have produced the trillions of dollars that have made the internet companies the richest companies in the history of humanity.’ ibid. Professor Zuboff
‘We’ve created a world in which online connection has become primary … We’ve put deceit and sneakiness at the centre of everything we do.’ ibid. Jaron Lanier
You are being programmed at a deeper level. And you don’t even realise it. ibid.
‘Even knowing how these tricks work, I’m still susceptible to them.’ ibid.
‘Everyone in your news feed sounds just like you.’ ibid. Roger McNamee
It’s a disinformation for money business model. ibid.
These things have become digital Frenkensteins. ibid.
These markets undermine democracy and they undermine freedom and they should be outlawed. ibid. President Zuboff
I’m Dan Schneider. And I’m a pharmacist … My son was murdered buying crack in the Lower 9th Ward. The police have the attitude that it’s another drug deal gone bad. And these kids maybe got what they deserved. The New Orleans police department was corrupt. And almost none of the murders were ever solved. But I was determined to get the killer off the street. The Pharmacist I: Justice for Danny, Netflix 2020
I started noticing in the drug store an unusual amount of high-powered opiate prescriptions. There was a certain doctor using her licence to virtually decimate my community. ibid.
I saw this opiate epidemic in its infancy. We were creating addicts all over this country. Purdue could have done things to stop this but they saw the profits. Not only were they white-collar criminals, they were white-collar murderers. My son’s killer paid a price. What about Purdue Pharma? What price have they paid? They gave birth to a crisis that killed hundreds of thousands of people. ibid.
Jeffrey [dealer] said he knew my son and he wouldn’t have killed my son. ibid.
Addiction was not spoken of in pharmacy school. It’s not something we thought we’d have to face. The Pharmacist II: A Mission from God
When I see these kids coming in with these Oxycodone prescriptions I felt that something wasn’t right about this. ibid.
I was going out there [local pill mill] almost every week filming hard. ibid.
My mind went into paranoia. I really do believe I crossed the edge. The Pharmacist III: Dope Dealers with White Lab Coats
I was pretty much working full time at shutting Dr Cleggett down. ibid.
I saw Dr Cleggett taking pills herself when arriving at the clinic. The Pharmacist IV: The Tunnell, local prosecutor