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The oxycontin-peddling Sackler family has tried to get immunity from civil lawsuits by filing for bankruptcy. That might be illegal.
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments that could have far-reaching effects on how corporations d…
Katie Balevic
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Rudy Giuliani helped Purdue Pharma keep selling OxyContin. Here's the real story behind what's depicted in 'Painkiller.'
Rudy Giuliani defended Purdue Pharma, helping the company continue selling OxyContin. Netflix's new…
Erin Snodgrass,Libby Torres
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'Painkiller' fact vs. fiction: What the Netflix show got right about the opioid crisis, OxyContin, and the Sackler family
Broderick plays Richard Sackler, a member of the controversial Sackler family that owns Purdue, and…
Libby Torres
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Members of the super-rich Sackler family that profited from OxyContin were forced to listen to opioid victims call them the 'scum of the earth'
People who had OxyContin addictions, and who had lost loved ones to the drug, denounced the multi-b…
Bethany Dawson
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A bankruptcy court granted the Sacklers immunity from all future opioid lawsuits, and the family agreed to pay a $4.3 billion settlement
In exchange for immunity, the Sackler family agreed to give up ownership of Purdue Pharma, the make…
Kelly McLaughlin
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McKinsey has agreed to pay $573 million over its role in boosting opioid sales during an epidemic that has killed more than 450,000 Americans
The global consulting firm will not admit wrongdoing in the settlement, which was made with 47 stat…
Kelsey Vlamis
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How a pioneering brain surgery helped a man who'd been addicted to opioids for 18 years find sobriety
The opioid epidemic claims about 128 lives every day in the US.But doctors are hoping a risky type …
Dylan Bank,Samara Abramson,Ma…
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Demi Lovato says she mixed meth, molly, cocaine, marijuana, and Oxycontin the very first night she relapsed in 2018
The 28-year-old singer relapsed in 2018 after six years of sobriety. "That alone should've killed m…
Callie Ahlgrim
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2 members of the Sackler family, owners of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, refused to take any personal responsibility for the opioid crisis
David Sackler said his family felt "great sadness" about the opioid epidemic, but also said he beli…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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An FDA official who led the approval of OxyContin got a $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma a year later, a new book reveals
The FDA approved OxyContin in 1995 believing it would result in "less abuse potential." In 2001, th…
Allana Akhtar
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Meet the Sacklers, one of the richest families in America, who built their $14 billion fortune off of controversial prescription drug OxyContin
The Sacklers are not a tight-knit family. The Guardian described them in 2018 as "a sprawling and n…
Katie Warren
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The family behind the development of Oxycontin pushed the opioid painkiller despite its danger signs, saying the 'blizzard of prescriptions' would be 'deep, dense, and white'
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey talks with media in Boston on June 12, 2018 after the a…
Associated Press,Kelly McLaug…
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The company that makes the opioid OxyContin has a lot to thank Rudy Giuliani for
According to the New York Times, Giuliani "used his clout with the Justice Department to press the …
Linette Lopez
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Purdue Pharma and the billionaire Sackler family may leverage profits from OxyContin as part of an unusual proposed resolution to 2,000 lawsuits accusing them of driving the opioid epidemic
Opioid lawsuits have also targeted other companies, including drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and l…
Emma Court
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What painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin do to your body and brain
The drugs belong to a larger class of drugs known as opioids, which includes legal, lab-produced dr…
Erin Brodwin,Samantha Lee
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A confidential report reveals that Purdue Pharma knew OxyContin was being abused within the first few years after it launched
The Times uncovered a series of internal communication spanning all the way back to 1996 that found…
Charlotte Hu
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Elizabeth Warren says she wants an America where the family accused of deceptively marketing opioids like OxyContin 'don't get museum wings named after them, they go to jail'
"This crisis has been driven by greed, pure and simple. If you don't believe that, just look at the…
Eliza Relman
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New lawsuits against TikTok mirror those against Big Tobacco and Purdue Pharma
14 state lawsuits filed last week accused TikTok of creating an algorithm that is harmful to childr…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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McKinsey advised drug companies on how to 'turbocharge' opioid sales. Now it's under criminal investigation.
Prosecutors are probing McKinsey's role in advising opioid drugmakers. The opioid crisis has killed…