What were you surprised to learn from the documentary

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Assignment - The Crime of The Century by Emmy and Academy Alex Gibney Documentary Analysis

Description - Watch the powerful HBO documentary, The Crime of the Century by Emmy and Academy Award winning director, Alex Gibney (2021). With over a half a million overdose deaths from opioids in the United States alone, the documentary looks closely at the role of pharmaceutical companies in over production, over prescribing, and availability; the origins of the synthetic opioid crisis; and how this public health issue has become a crisis. You will then provide a post to include a summary of the documentary and answer the following questions:

1. What were you surprised to learn from the documentary?

2. Based on the documentary, how do you feel that the pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue have contributed to the opioid crisis in our nation?

3. What are the ways in which we can now help minimize the negative effects of the opioid epidemic?

4. Using a reliable resource such as CDC, SAMHSA, state or local health department data, locate the opioid statistics in Los Angeles. Share with us your findings and what you were surprised to discover. Are opioids a concern in Los Angeles?

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