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> after the Sackler family finally got away with defacto mass murder For those unfamiliar with US news, the family who owns the primary opioid manufacturer and
by ethbr0 5y ago
> after the Sackler family finally got away with defacto mass murder
For those unfamiliar with US news, the family who owns the primary opioid manufacturer and distributor, and who was proven to have intentionally lied about addiction risks and pushed excess volume into rural communities to boost sales, obtained blanket legal immunity for their entire family as part of a bankruptcy settlement.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/sackler-family-immunity-purdue-pharma-oxcyontin-opioid-epidemic https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/sackler-family-imm...
They made $10 B selling opioids.
They'll pay $4.3 B and forfeit ownership of their company, in exchange for the immunity.