Amazon: The world’s biggest only retailer. Their founder is one of the richest men on the planet. The Great Amazon Heist, Channel 4 2023
Amazon patented cages for workers to work in in 2016. ibid.
For a while now trouble has been brewing between Amazon and sections of its workforce. And it was all coming to a head here. Coventry. ibid.
Amazon has reacted pretty badly to workers trying to form a union in the past. ibid.
They didn’t really trust their own staff at all. ibid.
It felt like we were being surveilled at every second. ibid.
‘I got back pain we well. Standing for 10 hours.’ ibid. Employee
Amazon was hotter on surveillance than health and safety. ibid.
Amazon are flooding the world with piss [bottles ejected by drivers] ibid.
Amazon don’t actually pay much tax. ibid.
You deprive us of so much. You’re like a vampire. Play for Today: A Gift from Nessus, wife, BBC 1980
You’ve been a good man with us, Eddie. Made a lot of contacts. And I like you personally. But two things you’d better realise. One: a salesman who doesn’t sell is a liability … and that’s what you’ve been doing: sweet damn all. ibid. boss
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The time has come to redefine the nature of pain. And for too long the American medical community has been ignoring chronic pain, and this has created an epidemic of suffering. When we live with we are not living our true selves. We are not living our best selves. Dopesick I, Richard Sackler, family meeting, Hulu/Disney+ 2021
You don’t chase a market, you create it. ibid.
Their sales reps brought it up continuously. ibid. doctor’s evidence
Ten times more than what we’ve spent on anything. ibid. Purdue board meeting
They’ve been marketing the drug and pushing it on doctors. ibid. investigator’ talk
It has transformed the entire district. ibid.
The DEA was investigating Purdue last year. ibid.
Purdue has so many levels of deniability. ibid.
It takes anxiety away. You just take the medicine and go. ibid. TV advert
The largest sales force in pharmaceutical history. ibid. company sales promotion
Less than 1% of people become addicted to Oxycontin. ibid.
Your most effective talking point is the FDA label. ibid.
I think I can make this the biggest drug in the world. ibid. Richard
Have there been spikes in crime related to it? ibid. rozzer on raid
A bag filled with Oxycontin pills for distribution. ibid.
Is there something I should know about the approval process? ibid.
The [FDA] guy that approved it goes to work for the company. ibid. attorney
A new drug. The FDA said it’s safe. Dopsick II: Breakthrough Pain
Let’s hold more weekend seminars to explain to physicians how truly revolutionary this drug really is. ibid. Richard
The drug didn’t always worked as Purdue claimed. ibid. evidence
We’ll figure this out. It’s an excellent drug. ibid. Richard
The greatest painkiller in the history of civilisation … Double the dose. ibid.
Oh yeah, he was Oxy-cuted. ibid. wife reveals death of husband to attorneys
These pills are a lot more dangerous than that video claims. ibid. attorney to promotional doctor
The pills stopped working cause my tolerance grew. ibid. victim to attorneys
But a black kid selling weed can go to jail for decades. ibid.
Emergency Rooms See a Sharp Rise in Overdoses, Prescription Painkillers to Blame. ibid. newspaper article
Bridget: How many kids in your school are on Oxycontin? ibid.
Kid: I don’t know. About half. ibid.
What appears as corruption is just how the system works. ibid. investigating attorney
If it were me I’d charge them with Criminal Misbranding. ibid.
Overdose rates are so much higher on Oxycontin. ibid.
It’s time to double the dose again and I present to you the 80 mg pill. Dopesick III: The 5th Vital Sign, sales promotion
The medical community must make pain the fifth vital sign. ibid.
Individualize the Dose. ibid.
I want to look into launching OC in Germany. ibid. Richard
A single prescription drug is filling up jails in rural areas. ibid.
As we make our family the most philanthropic in America. ibid. family party toast
I try not to sell that stuff … ibid. pharmacist to Bridget
They are lying to doctors and patients about the dangers of the drug. ibid. Bridget
Pain societies have infiltrated the hospital rooms. ibid. rozzer/patient
Did you find a Purdue connection with other Pain Societies? ibid. rozzer/patient back to work
We’re going to cure the world of its pain. ibid. Richard
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