Sunday, November 18, 2018

60 Minutes

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In response to the national opioid crisis, the U.S surgeon general came out with an advisory calling on more Americans to carry Naloxone. But as Lesley Stahl reports -- making this drug accessible is complicated. Former NFL all-star Tim Green -- who played eight seasons for the Atlanta Falcons -- tells Steve Kroft that he does not regret his football career -- even if it may have led to his ALS. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Prime members, you can listen to 60 minutes,
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0:07.5	What do you think about in the midst of a crisis?
0:19.0	Shooting the price up like that.
0:20.5	If you're out there trying to get as far and wide coverage for people
0:24.5	and you watch the price escalate, it feels really predatory.
0:28.0	To inject place black end against outer thigh.
0:32.0	We wanted to know how prices for life-saving drugs get raised up to scandalous levels
0:38.0	in the middle of the opioid crisis.
0:40.5	You jack the price from the $575 to $4,000.
0:47.0	$4,000.
0:48.0	Leslie.
0:49.0	What?
0:51.0	Tim Green was a fearsome defender in the NFL who became the best-selling author.
0:59.0	But he's on 60 minutes tonight to reveal his secret he can no longer hide.
1:03.0	He has ALS or Lou Garrag's disease.
1:07.0	We first interviewed Green in 1996 and he seemed to believe this day might come.
1:13.0	You said I think guys would be willing to take 10, 20 years off the end of their lives
1:19.0	in order to get out there on Sunday and play.
1:22.0	I don't think that the consideration of your physical well-being in the future
1:27.0	is in the forefront of any NFL players mind.
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