#KillingPain

An in-depth look at the opioid crisis in the heartland of America. Streaming now.

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.@lampstandmedia and https://t.co/Beer1hzuOO presents #KillingPain, a 7-part in-depth look into the opioid crisis in the heartland of America.

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Pushing opioids over lunch https://t.co/mXUZcTJ5B7 via @Today_Explained

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“The opioid epidemic is unique among most drug epidemics...”

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Terri White Commissioner for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse : "Last year, we lost more Oklahomans to prescription painkiller overdoses than we did in every car crash on all of our roads, bridges and highways put together." #killingpain

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Dr. @andrewkolodny, Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University : “Since 1999 more than 300,000 Americans have died from an opioid related overdose.”

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📍Watch the 7-part series online at:
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Dr. Jason Beaman, Chair Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma State University : "This is the epidemic of my generation. This is my HIV. This is my black plague."

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David Prater, District Attorney Oklahoma County
“​​If you think you don’t know someone who is addicted to opioids or someone who is being affected by opioid addiction in their life… It’s because you are ignorant to that fact. It affects everyone.”

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#KillingPain is a 7-part in-depth look into the opioid crisis in the heartland of America.
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#OpioidCrisis #documentary | https://t.co/rXk8MrU58K

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"When you think about a public health crisis, let's look back and think about seatbelts..."
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#OpioidCrisis #documentary | https://t.co/rXk8MrU58K

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"For many people the only chance they have at treatment and possibly to save their lives is making sure there are services funded by the state available in their local community." #KillingPain streaming now at https://t.co/rXk8MrU58K

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"It's not a drug abuse problem, it's an addiction epidemic."
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#KillingPain is a 7-part in-depth look into the opioid crisis in the heartland of America. Streaming on YouTube, Facebook and at https://t.co/rLzD5t3Mvp.
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#Documentary #opioidcrisis

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Dr. Jason Beaman, Chair Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences @okstateu — “When you take an opioid, it lays down new pathways in your brain causing you to seek out that substance again.” #killingpain #opioidcrisis

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Julio I. Rojas, Director Execucare Program, @oumedicine OU School of Medicine: “In every way it is an illness, it’s just hard for us to fathom because we as humans have this belief in control...” #killingpain #opioidcrisis

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The Biology of Addiction: "By engaging in treatment and stopping use, our brain chemistry begins to return to healthy or normal brain chemistry..." https://t.co/MBncw4QGah

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#KillingPain streaming now at https://t.co/rXk8MrU58K

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"What we need to do about this epidemic us to contain it, provide treatment..."

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Mother Teresa taking these medications would get addicted.

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“We can address this issue, just like any other public health epidemic, but we have to start with education and discussion.” — @TerriWhiteOK, Commissioner for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Streaming now: https://t.co/fmZXafqM8q

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“I remember sitting there in my jail cell and I said, “I don’t want to be like this. I don’t want to be that drug addict.”

Streaming now: https://t.co/SM4NYzPBaz