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60 minutes. The label / produced by Ira Rosen, Sam Hornblower.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Food and Drug Administration--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- Drugs of abuse--Law and legislation--United States.
- Drugs of abuse.
- Drugs--Labeling--United States.
- Drugs.
- Drug approval--United States.
- Drug approval.
- Opioids--Marketing.
- Opioids.
- Opioid abuse--United States--History.
- Opioid abuse.
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Label
- Sixty minutes. The label
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A report on how the FDA, pressured by Big Pharma and pain suffers, expanded the use of opioids without new scientific data. This small change allowed drug companies to market opioids for chronic treatment to a vast and devastating effect, fueling the opioid crisis. Includes interviews with: Ed Thompson, whistleblower and owner of pharmaceutical company PMRS; Dr. Andrew Kolodny, drug addiction specialist, Brandeis College; Dr. David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner; Emily Walden, mother of a son who died of opioid overdose.
- Participant:
- Reporter: Bill Whitaker ; interviewees: Ed Thompson, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Dr. David Kessler, Emily Walden.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed February 20, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1425511697
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