In 1999, Purdue Pharma the maker of OxyContin went on a massive marketing campaign. Back then, prescription opioids were only used in extreme cases - post surgery, end of life care, cancer pain. We use a clip from an ad… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
I really do think for the vast majority of cases, doctors didn't think they were doing anything wrong - they were doing what was being recommended at the time, and many times people were able to take these prescription opioids and not have a problem with it. But what we do know is that if we take these drugs long-term,… — Perri Peltz Copy Share
Life expectancy for middle-aged white women has dropped dramatically over the past decade. Researchers didn't understand what was going on and so they were… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
I hope 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' documentary helps to show the humanity of the people who are struggling with the brain disease… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
We are having a public health response to this epidemic of prescription opioids. We are looking at treatment options, there are drugs being made… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
We must do something to let people in this country know that addiction is something that can be treated and this epidemic of prescribed… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
We did decide that every addict in this film, Warning: This Drug May Kill You, would be someone who started out with a prescription for an opioid from a doctor. The story that hadn't been told is that the vast majority - somewhere around 80 percent - of current heroin users began with an addiction to prescription opioids. So as… — Perri Peltz Copy Share
I want to make it clear, though, that I am not trying to say these are bad drugs. Opioid medications in the short term… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
Addiction is a brain disease - this isn't a moral failing - and we have got to stop looking at it that way. — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
It is unacceptable that the way we have treated people who have become addicted in the past is by throwing them in prison. It's… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
In 1999, Purdue Pharma the maker of OxyContin went on a massive marketing campaign. Back then, prescription opioids were only used in extreme cases… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
It seemed that the problem of Americans overdosing and dying from drug addiction was being described as bad people, particularly kids, who were abusing… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
There seems is predominantly a white person's drug addiction epidemic, so that's why you see white people in our film, Warning: This Drug May… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
