We must do something to let people in this country know that addiction is something that can be treated and this epidemic of prescribed opioids is so…

- Perri Peltz

It seemed that the problem of Americans overdosing and dying from drug addiction was being described as bad people, particularly kids, who were abusi…

- Perri Peltz

It is unacceptable that the way we have treated people who have become addicted in the past is by throwing them in prison. It's appropriate that we'r…

- Perri Peltz

We are having a public health response to this epidemic of prescription opioids. We are looking at treatment options, there are drugs being made avai…

- Perri Peltz

I really do think for the vast majority of cases, doctors didn't think they were doing anything wrong - they were doing what was being recommended at…

- Perri Peltz

We can prevent more people from becoming more addicted - that's number one - with prescribing laws and making sure that people can't get too many of …

- Perri Peltz

Life expectancy for middle-aged white women has dropped dramatically over the past decade. Researchers didn't understand what was going on and so the…

- Perri Peltz

There seems is predominantly a white person's drug addiction epidemic, so that's why you see white people in our film, Warning: This Drug May Kill Yo…

- Perri Peltz

I hope 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' documentary helps to show the humanity of the people who are struggling with the brain disease of addiction …

- Perri Peltz