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> [I hope 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' documentary helps to show the humanity of the people who are struggling with the brain disease of addiction because that is what this is - this isn't about bad people, this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/i-hope-warning-this-drug-may-kill-you-documentary-helps-to-show-the/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

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## More by Perri Peltz

> [I really do think for the vast majority of cases, doctors didn't think they were doing anything wrong - they were doing what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/i-really-do-think-for-the-vast-majority-of-cases-doctors-didn-t-think/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/life-expectancy-for-middle-aged-white-women-has-dropped-dramatically/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [I hope 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' documentary helps to show the humanity of the people who are struggling with the brain disease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/i-hope-warning-this-drug-may-kill-you-documentary-helps-to-show-the/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [We are having a public health response to this epidemic of prescription opioids. We are looking at treatment options, there are drugs being made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/we-are-having-a-public-health-response-to-this-epidemic-of/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [We must do something to let people in this country know that addiction is something that can be treated and this epidemic of prescribed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/we-must-do-something-to-let-people-in-this-country-know-that/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [We did decide that every addict in this film, Warning: This Drug May Kill You, would be someone who started out with a prescription…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/we-did-decide-that-every-addict-in-this-film-warning-this-drug-may/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [I want to make it clear, though, that I am not trying to say these are bad drugs. Opioid medications in the short term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/i-want-to-make-it-clear-though-that-i-am-not-trying-to-say-these-are/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [Addiction is a brain disease - this isn't a moral failing - and we have got to stop looking at it that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/addiction-is-a-brain-disease-this-isn-t-a-moral-failing-and-we-have/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/it-is-unacceptable-that-the-way-we-have-treated-people-who-have/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [In 1999, Purdue Pharma the maker of OxyContin went on a massive marketing campaign. Back then, prescription opioids were only used in extreme cases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/in-1999-purdue-pharma-the-maker-of-oxycontin-went-on-a-massive/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [It seemed that the problem of Americans overdosing and dying from drug addiction was being described as bad people, particularly kids, who were abusing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/it-seemed-that-the-problem-of-americans-overdosing-and-dying-from/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/there-seems-is-predominantly-a-white-person-s-drug-addiction-epidemic/)

[Perri Peltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perri-peltz/)

> [We can prevent more people from becoming more addicted - that's number one - with prescribing laws and making sure that people can't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perri-peltz/we-can-prevent-more-people-from-becoming-more-addicted-that-s-number/)

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