It's time we take our attention to an epidemic that is one of the longest epidemics in history. Effecting all ages, backgrounds and cultures... and it's in our own communities.
We are tackling another non-murder series with this episode: The Opioid Epidemic where we will discuss the role of Big Pharma, the history and the radical ideas to overcoming this problem. It starts with a recent case...
It was a Sunday afternoon, February 20th, 2022, and a call came into 911 from a distraught woman. When police arrived at the North Range Crossing apartment complex in Commerce City, Colorado. They walked into what one officer said was a “nightmare of a scene”. Five people were found dead inside an apartment unit, 3 women and 2 men. A 4-month-old baby was found alive along with an adult female.
There were no signs of violence to signify that this was a homicide, nor did there appear to be an environmental hazard such as a gas leak. But as the investigators looked closer inside the apartment, they knew the perpetrator... What happened to the 5 deceased people, happened fast and sudden. So fast that no one had time to call 911.
Evidence appeared that they inhaled cocaine laced with Fentanyl....
Sources:
After Resting Case, State Points to Critical Evidence that Shows Johnson & Johnson is Kingpin Behind State’s Opioid Epidemic | Oklahoma Attorney General
1998 Purdue Pharma marketing video - YouTube
Subsys Rap Video Created by Insys Pharmaceuticals (More info in description) - YouTube
How To Get Free Narcan. The CDC says the drug has saved at… | by Script Health | Medium
SWISS Heroin Assisted Treatment 1994 – 2021: SUMMARY « COPS (citizensopposingprohibition.org)
The Opioid Crisis by Duchess Harris & The Opioid Epidemic by Hal Marcovitz
History of China - YouTube (Great Historical Youtuber)
This Is What Happens to Your Brain on Opioids | Short Film Showcase - YouTube
Book- The Travels of Marco Pollo
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