This video describes the marketing of opioids to doctors using warnings about an “epidemic of untreated pain” and claims of low addiction propensity of certain drug formulations. It addresses the funding by pharmaceutical corporations of patient groups and other efforts to ensure that professional society guidelines are favorable to the industry.

This clear and clever animated video explains opioid addiction.

A 2024 report published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society about older women’s use of drugs associated with cognitive impairment was based on a nationally representative sample of ambulatory patients in the United States. In this study, 8.5% and 10.1% of women over age 65 had current prescriptions for benzodiazepines and opioids (respectively).

The first link connects to an article with several videos showing how the tobacco industry targets women, children, and other specific groups with cigarette marketing. In Bangladesh, women are persuaded to start smoking for their health and to sell cigarettes to others. An ASH video spotlights women around the globe working to counter the efforts of Big Tobacco in their communities.

This World Health Organization (WHO) video illustrates how “Tobacco is Killing the Planet.”

Salon worker health is addressed in this video by Women’s Voices of the Earth.