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Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight · 15.8M views · 2016-10-24 · 19:23

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Overview

A Last Week Tonight segment on the US opioid epidemic, tracing how prescription painkillers fed addiction and heroin use. It is the first of three episodes the show devoted to the crisis.

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HN points to it as an informative, fact-heavy overview of the opioid crisis and Purdue Pharma.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2016–2024

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pagade · 2024-07 · Strong recommendation

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 ( [LINK] ) Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [VIDEO] )

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dstick · 2021-12 · Recommendation

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 [VIDEO] Opioids II [LINK] Opioids III (this one focuses 100% on the Sacklers) [LINK]

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partycoder · 2017-03 · Recommendation

John Oliver spoke about this in depth: [VIDEO] Humor aside, he managed to compile an impressive amount of testimonials and facts.

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