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There was a long form article in the New Yorker two years ago about the Sackler family and Oxycotin. Quite a good read, in depth history of the drug, well resea
by mr_isomies 8y ago
There was a long form article in the New Yorker two years ago about the Sackler family and Oxycotin. Quite a good read, in depth history of the drug, well researched:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-tha...
At this point there is not doubt in my mind that deceit is part of the "company culture" of Purdue/Sackler, their MO. They should be held accountable. They should be publicly held accountable.
Everyone should realise that the Sacklers that sponsors this museum, or that library, or that park, have been for the last decades willingly pushing this drug while knowing full well that something was wrong. They patented a slow-release opioid but knew it was impossible to make sure that patient wouldn't crush the pills; they never reached out to the authorities when small town doctor ordered more drugs than could ever be needed. I mean, they literally have just patented a drug (September 2018) that let you go through the withdrawal of Oxycoting more easily.
They created the problem, leaving tens of thousand dead in their track while profiting immensely from it, now they want to profit from the recovery as well? Despicable business practice, despicable business.