Pharma execs used strip clubs, broke FDA laws to boost opioid sales

There are people in prison who are serving longer sentences for selling weed. 5 1/2 years? That's a corrupt legal system right there.

Meanwhile Cops were busy busting Reggie and Pookie for $20 weed bags.

My son Anthony Gilmore would have been 32 years old this month . He overdosed on illegal drugs. R.I.P. Son . your missed every day. You will never be forgotten. Love your loving family.🙏

I find it weird how no one is burning down these factories, the homes of these executives, the offices of these places. They've successfully caused people to turn their outrage against themselves and their own communities. They would be more inclined to change things if they felt at risk, for their money, their homes, their lives.

The head of the snake is usually in Washington D.C. Someone in Congress gets paid by these companies to let them do what they do.

Prescription drug salesmen are basically just everyday drug dealers with expensive suits and nice offices

WOW. I know a 38 year old man who works for a dry cleaners I own who spent 5 1/2 years in State prison for selling weed. Why? Because he wouldn't rat out his friends and family who were in the same business but mostly because he had a crappy attorney he paid 22,000 for representation. Our criminal justice system is so corrupt.

Recently left the Pharma industry for ethical reasons and after watching this, glad I did. Learnt so much from this.

Straight up drug dealers with no feelings.

Its almost like sales and medical treatment shouldnt go together

I used to ride dirt bikes and I had a horrible accident ( which was epic ) and I was given oxycontin and I became addicted. The dr never tried to lower the dose to get me off or have me go to a drug addiction clinic. He just stopped giving them to me. I didn't know what was going on and friends were like dude you're addicted. I ended up buying off the street and went to heroin. I lost my job, my house. I was homeless. However I just stopped. I died for a week. I'm now a truck driver and have everything I lost. Addiction is 100% mental. I now have a house in Mexico with my wife and every now and again buy opiates from pharmacies in Mexico, however I use them when I know I need em. I never use drugs on the road and never will let myself become an addict.

The saddest thing about this case is that after aiding in the death of probably millions of people, they were ultimately taken down because of insurance fraud. Smh

Imagine only getting 5 years for decimating the core of this country.

These people should be treated the same way they treat common drug dealers. I’m a brain tumor survivor and these people disgust me. When I went to the doctor with headaches rather then taking it seriously investigating the cause of my headache they simply said it’s a migraine and pushed hardcore pain meds of me. I almost died because they ignored what I told them. I kept telling them I was in pain and something was horribly wrong. It wasn’t until I passed out one day that my tumor was found. I later found out my doctor had missed a number of patients brain tumors because he pushed pain pills.

The love of money is the root of this evil.

Wow. That’s a real eye opener. It makes it much easier to see what is going on around us every day. Seriously greedy evil people. It needs to be fixed.

Now people who REALLY NEED pain meds after surgery, broken bones, accidents, etc...can’t get a decent pain management because doctors don’t want to risk their license.

Off label promotion and prescribing for various "legal drugs" have been out of control since the 90's. The drug dealer pharmaceuticals reps and their street level dealer doctors have abused the public trust with virtual impunity. Meanwhile during the "war on drugs" citizens have faced long prison sentences for lesser crimes.

The sad thing is now patients that NEED pain mediation are getting denied because Dr's are scared to prescribe any type of narcotic. Situations like this always end the same. Innocent people end up suffering.

In 2005, I worked for Big Pharma as a telemarketer & we offered Dr.s dinners, vacations, & medical tools to entice the Dr.s. Now, this practice is illegal. Love 60 Minutes! The best!✌