The Secretive Family Making Billions From The Opioid Crisis

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Fark on Sunday, October 22, 2017 – 01:44 pm

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Below are 2 stories about the pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma & the secretive Sackler family that invented and marketed OxyContin. 

The reported facts are beyond disgusting. Their plans are now to focus on international marketing & distribution since sales numbers are down & scrutiny has risen here in the USA. 

THE SECRETIVE FAMILY MAKING BILLIONS FROM THE OPIOID CRISIS - Esquire - BY CHRISTOPHER GLAZEK - OCT 16, 2017

THE FAMILY’S LEADERS HAVE PULLED OFF THREE OF THE GREAT MARKETING TRIUMPHS OF THE MODERN ERA: THE FIRST IS SELLING OXYCONTIN; THE SECOND IS PROMOTING THE SACKLER NAME; AND THE THIRD IS ENSURING THAT, AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, THE FIRST AND THE SECOND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/

 

Who Profits From the Opiod Crisis? Meet the Secretive Sackler Family Making Billions From OxyContin

They downplayed the risks of addiction and exploited doctors’ confusion over the drug’s strength.

By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! - October 20, 2017

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/who-profits-opioid-crisis-mee...