Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters cite it, with Oliver's other two opioid segments, as a well-researched case against pharma marketing and the Purdue settlements.
What it is
John Oliver's second Last Week Tonight segment on the opioid epidemic, covering the role of large companies in driving it. It touches on Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2019 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec pagade · 2024-07 · on “Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement”
I recently watched these 3 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Highly recommended. Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [LINK] ) Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [this video] ) Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [LINK] )
Recommends mattangriffel · 2020-03 · on “Launch HN: Ophelia (YC W20) – At-home recovery for opioid addiction”
Yes! MAPS has conducted and collected some really great research around psychedelics and their use in the treatment of things like PTSD and addiction. Specifically, Ibogaine Therapy has shown some real promise around drug addiction [1]. Unfortunately, it's going to be quite a while before any psychedelics are FDA-approved. Right now, MDMA and Psilocybin are both in FDA trials (Phase 3 and Phase 2, respectively) but I think Ibogaine is still quite a ways out. Interestingly, in terms of your comment about Ibogaine's use outside of the US: other countries besides the US (and Canada) have not really seen quite the same problem in terms of opioid addiction as we have here in the US. This is mostl
Recommends dstick · 2021-12 · on “Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's $4.5B opioid settlement”
Good. For those that haven't watched them yet, there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement: Opioids [LINK] Opioids II [this video] Opioids III (this one focuses 100% on the Sacklers) [LINK]
Cites trickstra · 2019-05 · on “Chelsea Manning sent back to jail after refusing to testify before a grand jury”
But it forces the other party to have evidence for everything. The point of the questioning is to gain additional evidence from the answers. But if all answers are "If that's what it says, then that's what it says" as Richard Sackler [this video] then it's apparently the effective way to go
Cites yskchu · 2021-12 · on “Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family from opioid claims”
Besides that episode, he made two others about the Opioid Crisis / Purdue Pharma / Sacklers, 3 in total since 2016: 2016: [LINK] 2019: [this video] 2021: [LINK] In addition there's some sites made by them as well (referred to in the video): [LINK] (with Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Richard Kind, Michael K Williams) [LINK]