Welcome back to the Painful Truth of Living with Chronic Pain Podcast! Today is a very special episode because it's our intro into our new limited series: Inspired By Dopesick, a Look into the Family that Addicted America. Sammi and Robby share their favorite shows and documentaries that inspired this topic, famous addicts, and a brief look into the Sackler family, who built the OxyContin empire.

Come back for Part 2: Pain management and OxyContin

References:
The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commercial Triumph, Public Health Tragedy  - Art Van Zee, MD
'You want a description of hell?' Oxycontin's 12-hour problem - LA Times
They Made the Most of the Opioid Crisis. Until They Didn’t. - NY Times
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

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