These men and women are residents of a wethouse: that’s a hostel which takes in homeless street drinkers and allows them to drink on the premises. There are very few hostels which will accommodate people who cannot stop drinking. Cutting Edge: The Wethouse, Channel 4 2002
‘I was promoting a drug on the basis of fraudulent science.’ Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis, BBC 2019
‘There is no other medication that kills as many people as opioids.’ ibid.
All of these children have a secret that they need to share. ibid.
‘The original opioid epidemic was a prescription opioid epidemic that was caused by the over-prescribing of pain.’ ibid.
Purdue Pharma has earned more than $35 billion from OxyContin sales. The company is wholly owned by the Sacklers. In 2016 the family’s net worth was $13 billion. ibid. captions
Prescriptions have skyrocketed in the last two decades. Take Your Pills: Xanax, news, Netflix 2022
Anxiety and addiction: More addictive than we think. ibid.
I don’t know if anyone here’s tried Xanax. It’s fantastic. ibid. comedian
One of the biggest mistakes of my life. ibid. addict