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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic

Understanding the Opioid Epidemic traces the causes behind the unprecedented growth in the use of prescription opioids and the devastating impact these drugs are having in virtually every part of America.


Opioids, Inc.

The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud, this is an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.


The Opioid Playbook, Part 1

The Opioid Playbook, Part 2

A report on corrupt sales tactics used to encourage doctors to prescribe opioids. Law enforcement is punishing many pharmaceutical executives and doctors for engaging in bribery and other unethical tactics as incentives for prescribing the drugs. Includes interviews with Greg Tremaglio, senior special agent of the undercover arm of the FDA’s DC Office of Criminal Investigations; Alec Burlakoff, former Vice President of Sales of Insys Therapeutics; and Fred Wyshak, Nathaniel Yeager, and David Lazarus, federal prosecutors in Boston.


Fixing the Opioid Crisis

Soaring addiction and overdose death rates have spurred calls for a comprehensive prevention and treatment response. Yet too few people are getting care that works. What would a better system look like, and what are insurers willing to pay for?


Warning: This Drug May Kill You: The Grave Consequences of Opioid Abuse

From journalist/producer/director Perri Peltz (HBO’s Risky Drinking), WARNING: THIS DRUG MAY KILL YOU takes an unflinching look at the devastating effects of opioid addiction in the U.S., profiling four families who have seen their lives tragically changed by abuses involving their loved ones, whose addictions arose due to doctors’ prescriptions of dangerous painkillers.