Pursue claimed the coating was difficult to get around … They’d just crush it out and snort it. Dopesick IV: Pseudo-Addition
We are so proud to be honouring my great brother Arthur Sackler into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame. ibid. Uncle Mortimer
Geezer: This one’s [family photo montage] missing the zombies Valium turned the patients into. ibid.
Richard: He got away with it.
Richard: Pseudo-addiction: How did you come up with it? ibid.
Dissident Quack: … What they need is more medication. ibid.
They are available in every pharmacy in the country. ibid. Bridget gives evidence to FDA
The solution is simple, you know, you up the dose. ibid. medical rep
It’s just poison … You ever come back here … ibid.
Addiction rates, overdoses and crime are on the rise across the country because of this drug. ibid.
There is an entire school of though espousing opioids as being practically non-addictive. ibid. evidence
It was the first time I felt normal in my whole life. ibid. Betsy
You’re the first person to ever call me back. Dopesick V: Whistleblower, administrator of OxyDeaths website
We all knew. Look, sales reps are like a bunch of frat boys that just wanna make money. ibid. former sales rep to investigator
I have carried this on my conscience for such a long time … There is no way I’m going to cross Purdue. ibid.
I never ever want to leave the world of Oxy. It’s pure bliss. ibid. online chatroom entry
There is an entire drug subculture surrounding Oxycontin. ibid.
We are trying to protect people against the danger of Oxycontin. ibid. DEA press conference
You have become a disgusting human being. ibid. father to daughter
The harassment and intimidation will never end. ibid. fired Purdue secretary to DEA investigators
It’s all one big lie and I know that now. ibid. sales rep to recovering doctor
It’s either here, jail or the morgue. Dopesick VI: Hammer the Abusers, addict in recovery centre
I wanna do an exhaustive study on Oxycontin deaths. ibid. Bridget
It’s all addiction, Samuel. It’s all the same fight. ibid. counselor
The only way this [charts] makes it through the FDA approval process is if they turn a blind eye. ibid. data scientist
We need to keep hammering the abusers. ibid. Richard
Maybe I’m not capable of joy. ibid. to wife
They are buying off everybody that’s supposed to be regulating them. ibid. investigator
Actual abusers are switching to cheaper drugs like heroin. ibid.
I fucking got you lying motherfuckers! ibid. Bridget
There has never been anything to compare to the epidemic of drug abuse and addiction like Oxycontin. Dopesick VII: Black Box Warning, evidence
What’s the status with the children’s Oxycontin? ibid. Richard
An FDA employee literally helped Purdue Pharma write their own review. ibid. former colleague
Once you’ve taken too much, it changes your brain chemistry. ibid.
You need to take the time to heal yourself. ibid. counselor to Dr Samuel
They were informed of abuse as early as 1997. ibid. investigator’ talk
I lost. The FDA sided with Purdue. ibid. Bridget homecoming to husband
Shame on Sackler! Take Down Their Name! Dopesick VIII: The People v Purdue Pharma, protest at art gallery, 400,000 dead
The Toppers Contest Bermuda. ibid. Purdue poster on investigators’ board
More milligrams you sold, more money you made. ibid. former sales rep
Oxycontin destroyed our family like it has so many others. ibid. Linda’s testimony
You don’t care that it’s killing people. ibid. Linda to Purdue lawyers
Purdue Pharma training tapes! ibid. investigator
A secretive grand jury into Pursue Pharma. ibid. Richard gets the news
This is as far as Main Justice is going to let us go … It’s one of the highest settlements ever made by a pharmaceutical company. ibid. dead investigator
The field is just so compromised with the government. ibid.
You are sheer evil. ibid. mother’s evidence before Purdue executives
It was a few bad apples we fired years ago. ibid. Richard
Bankruptcy: The Sackler family will forfeit ownership, turned over 33 million documents, pay out $4.5 billion; in return the Sacklers cannot be sued.
We just don’t want to feel pain any more. ibid. Samuel’s Wellness Centre
You notice things others don’t. You question what others blindly accept. And slowly, people begin to drift away. Psyphos podcast: Schopenhauer: Smart = Alone: Why Society Rejects the Trully Intelligent, Youtube 2025
Deep down you feel a stranger among your own kind. ibid.
What if society just is not built for people like you? ibid.
The more deeply you think, you more alienated you become. ibid.
Your loneliness might be the highest proof of your mind. ibid.
It’s social exile. Because when you can see through the game, you stop playing it. ibid.
Schopenhauer: He believed that life at core was suffering, and that the more conscious you are, the more you feel it. ibid.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. ibid.
You see the world for what it is: A dance of illusions powered by unconscious craving. ibid.
You are not broken. You are just awake. ibid.
Because their minds crave depth, muance, ideas, not gossip, repetition or emotional noise. ibid.
This sensitivity is not a super-power, it is a burden. ibid.
Solitude is not just an escape, it’s a reclamation of your mind, of your time, of your energy. ibid.
[Michel de Montaigne]: ‘The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to yourself.’ Psyphoria podcasts: The Art of Not Caring: When You Embrace Uncertainty, Life Becomes Easier, Youtube 2025
Have you ever stopped to think about how much of your anguish comes from your obsession with control? … Internal control: the suffocating need for certainties, to know what will happen tomorrow. ibid.
No more certainties, but a new relationship with what cannot be controlled. ibid.
Montaigne was not an ordinary philosopher … He wrote from within his own skin. ibid.
Montaigne embraced the opposite: he did not know. ibid.
In a time when everyone shouts, he whispers. ibid.
Anxiety is the fear of the unpredictable. ibid.
It’s the desire for life to be different from what it is. ibid.
[Carl Jung]: ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ Psyphoria podcasts: You Must Let Go: Who to Let Go From Someone Who Hurts You
You say that you want to forget, to move on. But tell me, why do you still think about that person every day? ibid.
You miss what you projected on to them: the illusion of love. ibid.
Often what we call love is just our shadow clinging to someone. ibid.