Topic: Oxycontin

Guest Ryan Hampton joins the program to discuss the Sackler family, Purdue Pharma, and the systemic mechanisms fueling the American opioid crisis. Hampton, an addiction recovery advocate and author of "Unsettled," shares his personal journey from a hiking injury and prescription pills to homelessness and recovery. The discussion frames the crisis as a result of corporate greed by the billionaire parasite class.

In the late 1990s, FDA officer Dr. Curtis Wright allegedly allowed Purdue Pharma to write its own drug approval recommendation for OxyContin before leaving the agency for a $400,000 job at the company. Purdue marketed the drug as having less than a 1% addiction rate based on a "delayed absorption" claim. The company also coined the term "pseudo-addiction" to convince doctors that patients showing signs of addiction actually just needed higher doses of opioids.

Del Bigtree notes that the Institute of Medicine has never confirmed the safety of the DTaP vaccine regarding autism. He announces that ICAN is moving into civil court cases in New York and California to challenge the industry's legal indemnity.

The host and guest debate the merits of drug legalization versus the reality of social engineering. While Greg Carlwood favors personal liberty, Jay Dyer argues that the state intentionally floods specific demographics with drugs—such as crack in the 1980s or Oxycontin today—to destroy community morals. They agree that while organic substances like THC have benefits, the corporate state uses addiction as a weapon of control once a culture's self-discipline has been eroded.