Pursue claimed the coating was difficult to get around … They’d just crush it out and snort it. Dopesick IV: Pseudo-Addition
We are so proud to be honouring my great brother Arthur Sackler into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame. ibid. Uncle Mortimer
Geezer: This one’s [family photo montage] missing the zombies Valium turned the patients into. ibid.
Richard: He got away with it.
Richard: Pseudo-addiction: How did you come up with it? ibid.
Dissident Quack: … What they need is more medication. ibid.
They are available in every pharmacy in the country. ibid. Bridget gives evidence to FDA
The solution is simple, you know, you up the dose. ibid. medical rep
It’s just poison … You ever come back here … ibid.
Addiction rates, overdoses and crime are on the rise across the country because of this drug. ibid.
There is an entire school of though espousing opioids as being practically non-addictive. ibid. evidence
It was the first time I felt normal in my whole life. ibid. Betsy
You’re the first person to ever call me back. Dopesick V: Whistleblower, administrator of OxyDeaths website
We all knew. Look, sales reps are like a bunch of frat boys that just wanna make money. ibid. former sales rep to investigator
I have carried this on my conscience for such a long time … There is no way I’m going to cross Purdue. ibid.
I never ever want to leave the world of Oxy. It’s pure bliss. ibid. online chatroom entry
There is an entire drug subculture surrounding Oxycontin. ibid.
We are trying to protect people against the danger of Oxycontin. ibid. DEA press conference
You have become a disgusting human being. ibid. father to daughter
The harassment and intimidation will never end. ibid. fired Purdue secretary to DEA investigators
It’s all one big lie and I know that now. ibid. sales rep to recovering doctor
It’s either here, jail or the morgue. Dopesick VI: Hammer the Abusers, addict in recovery centre
I wanna do an exhaustive study on Oxycontin deaths. ibid. Bridget
It’s all addiction, Samuel. It’s all the same fight. ibid. counselor
The only way this [charts] makes it through the FDA approval process is if they turn a blind eye. ibid. data scientist
We need to keep hammering the abusers. ibid. Richard
Maybe I’m not capable of joy. ibid. to wife
They are buying off everybody that’s supposed to be regulating them. ibid. investigator
Actual abusers are switching to cheaper drugs like heroin. ibid.
I fucking got you lying motherfuckers! ibid. Bridget
There has never been anything to compare to the epidemic of drug abuse and addiction like Oxycontin. Dopesick VII: Black Box Warning, evidence
What’s the status with the children’s Oxycontin? ibid. Richard
An FDA employee literally helped Purdue Pharma write their own review. ibid. former colleague
Once you’ve taken too much, it changes your brain chemistry. ibid.
You need to take the time to heal yourself. ibid. counselor to Dr Samuel
They were informed of abuse as early as 1997. ibid. investigator’ talk
I lost. The FDA sided with Purdue. ibid. Bridget homecoming to husband
Shame on Sackler! Take Down Their Name! Dopesick VIII: The People v Purdue Pharma, protest at art gallery, 400,000 dead
The Toppers Contest Bermuda. ibid. Purdue poster on investigators’ board
More milligrams you sold, more money you made. ibid. former sales rep
Oxycontin destroyed our family like it has so many others. ibid. Linda’s testimony
You don’t care that it’s killing people. ibid. Linda to Purdue lawyers
Purdue Pharma training tapes! ibid. investigator
A secretive grand jury into Pursue Pharma. ibid. Richard gets the news
This is as far as Main Justice is going to let us go … It’s one of the highest settlements ever made by a pharmaceutical company. ibid. dead investigator
The field is just so compromised with the government. ibid.
You are sheer evil. ibid. mother’s evidence before Purdue executives
It was a few bad apples we fired years ago. ibid. Richard
Bankruptcy: The Sackler family will forfeit ownership, turned over 33 million documents, pay out $4.5 billion; in return the Sacklers cannot be sued.
We just don’t want to feel pain any more. ibid. Samuel’s Wellness Centre
In the year 1750 England was going through a period of lawlessness unprecedented in her history. Highwaymen terrorised the roads … There was one notorious highwayman who constantly eluded the Bow Street Runners, one Richard Turpin, more commonly referred to as Big Dick, owing to the unusual size of his weapon. Carry on Dick 1974 starring Barbara Windsor & Sid James & Kenneth Williams & Bernard Bresslaw & Joan Sims & Kenneth Connor & Peter Butterworth & Jack Douglas & Patsy Rowlands & Bill Maynard et al, director Gerald Thomas