00:00I know most people don't think about us up there in the mountains.
00:07Many of my patients are miners.
00:09It's dangerous work and they carry the burden of building this nation on their backs.
00:14They're in pain.
00:16These people, my people, trusted me.
00:21I can't believe how many of them are dead now.
00:26We've begun looking at something that could be big.
00:28Oxycontin.
00:30Purdue Pharma, they've been marketing the drug as something that's non-addictive, when it clearly is.
00:36All your doctors are going to be asking, how is this even possible?
00:39Your most effective talking point are these magic words.
00:44Less than 1%.
00:45Less than 1%.
00:46Less than 1%.
00:47Less than 1%.
00:47They told me that less than 1% would become addicted.
00:54Oxycontin does what I think it can.
00:57It could soon become Purdue's first billion-dollar drug.
01:03Purdue continues to lie about the drug's safety, doctors, patients, and the FDA.
01:10We have a major case here.
01:14Addiction rates, overdoses, and crime
01:18are on the rise across the country because of this drug.
01:23I think maybe their medicine might be just a tad more addictive than you said.
01:29I can't live like this anymore.
01:32Our community is ground zero for a national catastrophe.
01:37Purdue will not move unless we punch hard.
01:42This is not our fault.
01:44These people want to be addicted.
01:47I want top executives to feel some pain.
01:51It's crucial they understand we've created the greatest painkiller in the history of human civilization.
02:09I think I can make this the biggest drug in the world.
02:17I think I can make this the biggest drug in the world.
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