Name: オピオイドは公衆衛生上の緊急事態につながる｜2019年8月28日 (Opioids Lead To A Public Health Emergency | August 28, 2019)
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should American companies that manufacture certain drugs be held responsible for overdose deaths from those drugs? 2 

That's the first subject we're exploring today. 3 

Zeus, a district county judge in Oklahoma, has ordered Johnson and Johnson AH pharmaceutical company, to pay $572 million for its role in Oklahoma's opioid crisis. 5 

This was the first state trial that tried to hold a pharmaceutical company responsible. 6 

The crisis itself has been going on for decades. 7 

In 2017 President Donald Trump declared America's opioid crisis a public health emergency. 8 

S Centers for Disease Control says between 1999 and 2017 more than 700,000 Americans died from drug overdoses and that most of those deaths 68% involved Opioids thes air, a class of drugs that include the illegal substance heroin but also painkillers that are legally prescribed, like hydrocodone, morphine and fentanyl. 10 

Johnson and Johnson makes everything from medical equipment to skin care products to baby shampoo. 11 

It also owns a smaller company that manufactures legal opioids. 12 

Oklahoma says Johnson and Johnson created the opioid crisis there that killed more than 6000 people statewide, destroyed families and hurt communities. 14 

How could that happen if opioids air legally prescribed by doctors and then consumed by patients? 15 

In his decision against Johnson and Johnson, the judge wrote that the company actively promoted opioids, suggested that Americans in pain needed more painkillers and implied that there's a low risk these drugs would be abused and a low danger in prescribing them. 16 

Johnson and Johnson says it recognizes that the opioid crisis is a complex health issue, but that it followed state laws, marketed its drugs responsibly and that Oklahoma failed to prove that a Johnson and Johnson company caused any harm. 17 

It's planning to appeal the decision. 18 

The reason this case is getting so much attention nationwide is because it could be used as an example in other lawsuits by other states that are suing opioid makers. 19 

This is a big win for the state of Oklahoma and a first of its kind victory. 20 

But the battle isn't over yet, even though a judge has ruled in favor of the state, saying that Johnson and Johnson has fueled the opioid crisis here in Oklahoma, the pharmaceutical company is vowing to fight back. 21 

They say there are a number of grounds on which they can appeal. 23 

They are defending their prescription drugs, saying they're necessary for the treatment and management of pain. 24 

They say they have abided by state and federal laws, and they say they're being turned into a scapegoat for a larger social complex problem. 25 

But a judge did order them to pay some $572 million money that will go toward treatment and prevention of addiction right here in Oklahoma. 26 

Of course, the payment will be made until that appeals process is allowed to happen. 27 

But this could have even bigger implications than what's happening right here in Oklahoma. 28 

This could be a playbook to be used by other states also going after pharmaceutical companies for driving the opioid crisis. 29 

And it could have an impact on a federal trial set to start in October. 30 

In that case, there are a couple of 1000 plaintiffs, all alleging the pharmaceutical companies should be held responsible for their role in a crisis that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in a two decade period. 31 

12th trivia, which of these events occurs on December 21st 1st U. 32 

S primary start of winter start of Hanukkah or daylight saving time ends the winter solstice, a k a. 33 

The first official day of winter is on December 21st. 34 

This year, according to the Farmer's Almanac CE prediction for this winter, the U. 35 

S is getting ready to take a ride on the polar coaster. 36 

Sadly, I didn't write that they did, and the reason they did is because it's supposed to be cold. 37 

What the almanac calls freezing, frigid and frosty, at least for most of America east of the Rocky Mountains, the group says the country will see crazy swings in temperature and plenty of snow in the areas that got it last year. 38 

Negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit is possible in the plain states. 39 

The south is expected to be chilly, with average or above average precipitation. 40 

But as far as the western third of the country goes, the Farmer's Almanac predicts business as usual cool temperatures with normal amounts of rain and snowfall. 41 

For 2020 This particular almanac has been around since 18 18. 42 

Its predictions are based on a secret formula, the factors in everything from sunspots to the positions of the planets to the moon's effects on tides, and it calls its long range predictions quote amazingly accurate. 43 

Cat Rescue sounds a little like a cable network show. 44 

He spends at least 30 hours a week feeding, trapping and taking cats to get neutered. 46 

Humane Society estimates that 80% of the kittens in America are born to straight or feral cats. 48 

Paul's work to manage them has made him a CNN hero. 49 

We're gonna go feed my three colonies. 50 

Give him some good food I could do every night. 52 

I started doing this because there was a small colony that was feeding. 53 

I wanted to do something for this particular group of outside cats. 54 

Look at the gang Saturday nights like clockwork with these guys. 55 

Now I probably fixed and returned at least 1000 feral cats in about four and 1/2 years. 56 

My name is Paul Santo, and I go by Paul the cat guy I love to rescue. 57 

My main focus is trap neuter, Return T and R and rescue grabbing cats off the street saving lives. 58 

That's one with T and R This is the last generation that has to suffer outside. 59 

I spent a lot of time outside waiting for these cats to go in the traps way. 65 

This is the mom of the kittens of the newborns. 67 

Big litter, mother of six on the day's not over yet. 68 

Today I rescued 13 cats off the street. 74 

That saves thousands in the long run leading the crew on here. 75 

I'm big on Instagram talking to people, So I met this industrial light. 76 

We've got four adults today and two kittens on. 77 

I just like to show people because I'm so excited about the thrill of doing a trapping. 79 

It's addicting, so hopefully we get some more cats today. 80 

All right, there's a process when you get a count off the street, you don't know what that cat has could have fleas could have parasites. 82 

I have 11 3 carriers and the rest of cages and drops. 84 

And once you get them up to a certain physical standard, I take them usually A S, P, C, a. 85 

It's just better for their overall health. 88 

And then, after recovering for a few days, you return them back to their location, accepts the environment. 89 

You know, one went left and right when a cat is truly friendly that I trapped, I never put them back outside. 90 

And it goes to a foster home that put him up for adoption. 91 

She looked sick, She was breathing bad, and she just blossomed into this funny rolling around cat. 93 

You have some food knowing where he comes from and what she's been through. 94 

I feel in extra responsibility to make sure she is happy and healthy and feel safe. 95 

I'm so grateful that Paul family see, just feel like it was fate. 96 

A lot of times people ask me, Do you love cats? 97 

What I like to do more than anything is to save lives. 99 

Everybody has certain events in their life that make them change on their outlook of life. 100 