Time Bomb. OxyContin Addiction
Description
It was touted as a miracle pill: a narcotic pain reliever that could change the lives of people suffering from chronic pain, but with little risk of addiction. How did a little pill that appeared in 1996 become so big, so fast? In 1998, Canadian sales were just a few million dollars; twelve years later they had soared to
Runtime
45 min
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Date of Publication
[2014], c2012
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Films on Demand
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