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Last Week Tonight: The US Opioid Epidemic

LastWeekTonight · Commentary · YouTube title: Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Why it's here

HN points to it as an informative, fact-heavy overview of the opioid crisis and Purdue Pharma.

What it covers

A Last Week Tonight segment on the US opioid epidemic, tracing how prescription painkillers fed addiction and heroin use. It is the first of three episodes the show devoted to the crisis.