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Podcast: Love and Life with Dr. Karin and Pastor Elliott
Episode: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America with Beth Macy Ep. 201
Description: For the last year, people have been asking me, “Have you watched Dopesick? Karin, you have to see it!” So, I subscribed to Hulu and started the series and also read the book on which the series is based.
The true story is incredibly disturbing and tragic and heartbreaking.
Author Beth Macy exposes how Purdue Pharma, the makers of Oxycontin, convinced doctors their patients had virtually no chance of becoming addicted to their new “wonder drug.”
But, it wasn’t true.
I knew some parts of this horrific story from reading Dreamland...