The Show Is Streaming Live At The Following Platforms (Show Will Be Archived For A Few Days On Certain Platforms):

1. Variant News At dlive.tv: https://dlive.tv/variant_news
2. Variant News On Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/variant_news
3. Variant News On Trovo.live: https://trovo.live/variant_news
4. Variant News On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live_stream
5. Variant News On float.app: https://flote.app/user/variant_news/live

Topics For The Show:

Main Topic Title:

• • Dope On A Rope. Investigate how doctors create addicts by issuing drug scripts (* 30 minute segment)
    • U.S. Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps (From 2006 to 2020, Hit 81 Prescriptions Per 100 Persons In 2012)
      • https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/rxrate-maps/index.html
    • Taking big pharma to court
      • https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1524635715675
    • The Crime Of The Century
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkU75sBdjdU
        • Democracy Now
          • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40X0yguwHAE
    • The Council of Canadians – THE BIG QUESTIONS: BIG PHARMA
      • https://canadians.org/analysis/big-questions-big-pharma
    • What led to the opioid crisis—and how to fix it
      • https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/what-led-to-the-opioid-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/
    • 1.2 Million Opioid Overdose Deaths Expected In U.S. And Canada By 2029, Experts Warn
      • https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2022/02/02/12-million-opioid-overdose-deaths-expected-in-us-and-canada-by-2029-experts-warn/
    • Why did the maker of OxyContin pay Canadian doctors nearly three-and-a-half times more money per capita than it doled out to U.S. prescribers?
      • https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/05/03/why-did-the-maker-of-oxycontin-pay-canadian-doctors-nearly-three-and-a-half-times-more
  • Marijuana and Drug Updates (* 15 minute segment)
    • Go over seizure of money tied to marijuana sellers in S.California
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GKg1UucxNc&t=219s
      • https://kvia.com/news/2022/01/31/fbi-and-california-sheriff-illegally-seized-marijuana-cash-belonging-to-licensed-dispensaries-lawsuit-claims/
    • Go over NYC allowing offenders of marijuana laws to go first in ganja licenses in the city
      • https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/first-ny-marijuana-sales-permits-will-go-to-people-with-previous-pot-related-convictions/3594338/
      • https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-regulators-unanimously-advance-rule-to-let-people-with-marijuana-convictions-open-shop-before-big-businesses-can-enter-market/
      • https://abc7ny.com/marijuana-sales-recreational-pot-new-york/11638859/
    • US Links
      • https://disa.com/map-of-marijuana-legality-by-state
      • https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx
      • https://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/legal-medical-marijuana-states-and-dc/
    • Canadian Links
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2v0WmzupCU
  • State Of Social Media 2022 And Who Owns What?
    • https://browsermedia.agency/blog/state-of-social-media-2022/
    • https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2022/01/11/most-popular-social-media-platforms
    • https://www.kontentino.com/blog/social-media-platforms/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5atcOrZBS3Y
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUrSEuhXuU

Current Events and Bizarro News:

• Ukrainian Farmers Towing Russian Military Vehicles?
  • https://www.facebook.com/rferl/videos/513947073631836/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiana/comments/td3cpb/indiana_egg_farmer_transported_to_hospital_with_a/
• Indiana Egg Farmer Transported to Hospital With a Live Adult Chicken Stuck in His Rectal Cavity
  • https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/indiana-egg-farmer-transported-to-hopsital-with-a-live-adult-chicken-stuck-in-his-rectal-cavity/ 
  • https://newjerseybrief.com/2022/03/12/indiana-egg-farmer-transported-to-hospital-with-a-live-adult-chicken-stuck-in-his-rectal-cavity/