Oxycodon, Fentanyl & Co.: Wie die Opioidkrise die USA zerstört | ZDFinfo Doku

Watch here: Episode 2: "The Rise of Fentanyl" ▶️ https://kurz.zdf.de/Sb2w/ Every five minutes, someone in the US dies of an overdose. The introduction of the oxycodone-containing painkiller OxyContin by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s is considered the trigger for the opioid epidemic. For years, the Sackler family, who owned the company, aggressively marketed the drug and downplayed its addictive potential by claiming the risk of dependence was less than one percent. Hundreds of thousands became addicted: for the Sacklers, a billion-dollar business. The Sacklers' family 00:00 Intro 02:09 Systematic Marketing of OxyContin 07:36 Clarksburg as a Crisis Center 12:46 Worldwide Distribution 17:25 Spread of Addiction 22:50 Counter-Protests 34:45 Increase in Sales 39:04 Current Status 41:40 Outro A film by Paul Moreira Camera Pierre Maïllis Laval Carole Le Hello Paul Moreira Ludo G Editing Ludo G A production of Premières Lignes 2025 German adaptation TransEuroTV ZDFinfo © of the dubbed version ZDF 2026 Also check out: #ZDFinfo on Instagram:   / zdfinfo   ZDFinfo on TikTok:   / zdfinfo   ZDFinfo on WhatsApp: https://kurz.zdf.de/jsB/ #zdfinfo #usa #medicine