The movie Prescription Thugs is about those who abuse pharmaceutical medicine to a point of death or severe addiction. The creator of the film, Chris Bell, interviews various former pharmaceutical drug addicts and a supplier/whistleblower. He meets with many former WWE and MMA athletes. They speak of their addictions, what led to them, how they played out, and what the short term and long term consequences were. Chris Bell’s own brother, Mike Bell, died of causes directly related to his own pharmaceutical drug addiction. In Chris’ eyes, his brother could’ve been saved had pharmaceutical drugs not been so accessible and unwarned against because there is a high amount of ignorance surrounding the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs. Chris Bell
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One of those things being that in the WWE and MMA, the abuse of pharmaceutical drugs is not a rare occurrence in any way and is extremely widespread. The use of these pills is a frequent happening among the wrestlers and fighters. The second thing I realized is how overused and neglected prescription drugs are. People avoid many parts of life using these drugs. The film makes it apparent that sometimes taking away these elements of life, may cause you to become numb and walk through your continuance as a zombie of sorts. Medication for things like ADHD and Depression can be very helpful, but taking multiple pain medications as well as these types of medicine for mental issues could cause you to become numb to life and unable to feel many things you otherwise would or even cause you to have a difficult time thinking clearly. The whistleblower in the movie, Gwen Olsen, proposes the idea that the side effects of drugs are most definitely known but they are covered up by the pharmaceutical companies. She then goes on to state that by covering up side effects and dangers of the drugs pharmaceutical companies are directly killing people by covering up side effects and dangers of the drugs. One wrestler support that idea by saying companies do not care about actually curing or healing people, but only about money. Since they’re only in it for the money, they would be willing to cover up whatever needed in order to sell more of that drug. The government is in on it as well considering the pharmaceutical companies donate a lot of money to individuals within the government’s
One of those things being that in the WWE and MMA, the abuse of pharmaceutical drugs is not a rare occurrence in any way and is extremely widespread. The use of these pills is a frequent happening among the wrestlers and fighters. The second thing I realized is how overused and neglected prescription drugs are. People avoid many parts of life using these drugs. The film makes it apparent that sometimes taking away these elements of life, may cause you to become numb and walk through your continuance as a zombie of sorts. Medication for things like ADHD and Depression can be very helpful, but taking multiple pain medications as well as these types of medicine for mental issues could cause you to become numb to life and unable to feel many things you otherwise would or even cause you to have a difficult time thinking clearly. The whistleblower in the movie, Gwen Olsen, proposes the idea that the side effects of drugs are most definitely known but they are covered up by the pharmaceutical companies. She then goes on to state that by covering up side effects and dangers of the drugs pharmaceutical companies are directly killing people by covering up side effects and dangers of the drugs. One wrestler support that idea by saying companies do not care about actually curing or healing people, but only about money. Since they’re only in it for the money, they would be willing to cover up whatever needed in order to sell more of that drug. The government is in on it as well considering the pharmaceutical companies donate a lot of money to individuals within the government’s