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Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

John Oliver's second Last Week Tonight segment on the opioid epidemic, covering the role of large companies in driving it. It touches on Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters cite it, with Oliver's other two opioid segments, as a well-researched case against pharma marketing and the Purdue settlements.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommended.”

    Three-part Oliver series on the opioid crisis

    pagade, 2024-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement”

  2. “There's a really great John Oliver segment about this”

    Explains how pharma marketing drove US opioid prescribing

    mattangriffel, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Launch HN: Ophelia (YC W20) – At-home recovery for opioid addiction”

  3. “there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement”

    Oliver segments backing up criticism of Purdue settlement

    dstick, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's $4.5B opioid settlement”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: opioids, purdue pharma, sackler family, pharma marketing, john oliver

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