Joanie Sigal
Joanie Sigal
American Cartel - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz - Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry
American Cartel - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz - Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry
American Cartel - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz - Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry
Friday 8th July 2022
Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz discuss their book 'American Cartel', exposing corporate greed and government complicity in the opioid crisis.
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Get the buttons here!American Cartel: Unmasking the Corporate Greed Behind the Opioid Crisis
While Purdue Pharma started this epidemic with Oxycontin, a lot of companies saw this market that had been created and they just dove in and they turned what was a brush fire into an inferno.
Imagine uncovering the dark underbelly of an industry that has wreaked havoc on countless lives. That's exactly what Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz have done in their book 'American Cartel'. In this gripping episode of 'The Addiction Podcast - Point of No Return', host Joanie Sigal sits down with these Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters to dig into the murky world of corporate greed and government complicity fueling the opioid crisis.
Higham and Horwitz don't hold back, sharing behind-the-scenes details of their exhaustive investigation, which reveals how some of the nation's largest corporations, like Purdue Pharma and Mallinckrodt, played pivotal roles in this epidemic. They expose mercenary lobbyists, bought-off politicians, and shocking email exchanges, such as one from AmerisourceBergen Corp., mocking addicts as 'pillbillies'. The authors also discuss their access to a DEA data set tracking every narcotic in America, shedding light on the scale of the crisis.
This episode isn't just about pointing fingers; it's about understanding the systemic failures and the human cost of addiction. With personal stories from affected families and communities, it offers a sobering yet hopeful look at what needs to change. Tune in for a compelling conversation that will leave you questioning how we got here and what we can do to make a difference.