Episode
60 Minutes: Paul McCartney, The Compromise, Inside the Epidemic
Overview
The Season 51 premiere examines the origins of the opioid epidemic, including a prison interview with a pain clinic doctor who made over $6,000 a day pushing opioids, shows no remorse and was sentenced to 157 years in prison for drug trafficking. Also: Paul McCartney says he can't read or write music shares rare details from the Beatles years and his subsequent decades as the most successful musician in popular music history. And, Inside the decision to delay Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 51
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2018-09-30
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Paul McCartney, The Compromise, Inside the Epidemic is Episode 1 in Season 51 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2018-09-30. The runtime is 44 min.
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