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Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> and owners to pay $7.4 billion in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/settlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settlement</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OxyContin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxyContin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/g-s1-44524/purdue-pharma-and-owners-to-pay-7-4-billion-in-settlement-of-lawsuits-over-oxycontin?encoded_id=G9Ge9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/01/24/g-s1-44524/</span><span class="invisible">purdue-pharma-and-owners-to-pay-7-4-billion-in-settlement-of-lawsuits-over-oxycontin?encoded_id=G9Ge9</span></a></p>
Caramelized Shallots<p>Even though this settlement deal represents nearly 2/3 of the Sackler's wealth, they will still be billionaires. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/purdue-pharma-sackler-settlement-opioid-lawsuits-ea6c89aa9cafc8fdd18fabfad503eeea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/purdue-phar</span><span class="invisible">ma-sackler-settlement-opioid-lawsuits-ea6c89aa9cafc8fdd18fabfad503eeea</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Sacklers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacklers</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/OpiodCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpiodCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SacklersLiedPeopleDied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacklersLiedPeopleDied</span></a></p>
Diletta Fileni<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Sackler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sackler</span></a> e <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> accettano un patteggiamento da 7,4 miliardi di dollari per la <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/crisi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crisi</span></a> degli <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/oppioidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppioidi</span></a>. </p><p>L’intesa coinvolge 14 <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/stati" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stati</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/americani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americani</span></a>, migliaia di <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/governi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/locali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>locali</span></a>, centinaia di <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/trib%C3%B9native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tribùnative</span></a> e 140mila persone vittime della <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/dipendenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dipendenza</span></a> da <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Oxycontin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxycontin</span></a>.</p><p>La vicenda risale alla fine degli anni Novanta, quando Oxycontin fu pubblicizzato come <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/farmacoantidolorifico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmacoantidolorifico</span></a> privo di rischi di dipendenza. </p><p>Dal 1999, le morti per <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/overdose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overdose</span></a> negli <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/StatiUniti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatiUniti</span></a> hanno ..1/2</p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Purdue Pharma and the company’s Sackler family leadership have agreed to pay $7.4 billion to settle unprecedented litigation over their role in the opioid crisis. Read more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@abc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abc</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://flip.it/DjmFWI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/DjmFWI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Purdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Purdue</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pharma</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Opioid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opioid</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Oxycotin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxycotin</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a></p>
jbz<p>💊 McKinsey &amp; Company to pay $650 million for role in opioid crisis | NPR</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5155962/mckinsey-purdue-opioid-prosecution-doj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-51559</span><span class="invisible">62/mckinsey-purdue-opioid-prosecution-doj</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mckinsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mckinsey</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/opioidcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioidcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/purduepharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purduepharma</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>McKinsey &amp; Company agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma boost opioid sales<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mckinsey-justice-department-criminal-penalty-opioids-crisis-d47d1bc1c4e14288927c2aea2369b789" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mckinsey-ju</span><span class="invisible">stice-department-criminal-penalty-opioids-crisis-d47d1bc1c4e14288927c2aea2369b789</span></a></p><p>* helped opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost sales of highly addictive drug OxyContin<br>* McKinsey “deeply sorry” for its work for Purdue Pharma 🤔 🤬 💰️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McKinseyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinseyCompany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McKinseyu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McKinseyu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpioidEpidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidEpidemic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OxyContin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxyContin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporatePredation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePredation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement<br>Plans would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis while protecting the family that owns Purdue Pharma from future lawsuits<br>ugh: WaPo, still: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/27/purdue-pharma-supreme-court-opioid-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/06/27/purdue-pharma-supreme-court-opioid-bankruptcy/</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40813369" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">0813369</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SacklerFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacklerFamily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Erika Sumner<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NEWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEWS</span></a>: 4 major rulings handed down from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> today:</p><p>✨ Allowing access to an emergency <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> in Idaho…for now<br>✨ Overturning the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/purduepharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purduepharma</span></a> bankruptcy deal <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sackler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sackler</span></a> <br>✨ A blow to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> by limiting an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/airquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airquality</span></a> program<br>✨Hampering the ability of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> to prosecute <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p><p>BIG NOTE: Instead of finishing in June <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> will release decisions into July.</p><p>Here’s a list of the undecided cases (like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a>) &amp; the rulings so far:<br><a href="https://wapo.st/45QknX6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/45QknX6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
cafepharma<p>Supreme Court rejects controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal—FDA approves Verona Pharma's inhaled COPD therapy —FDA declines to approve Merck-Daiichi's 'guided missile' cancer drug—<a href="http://bit.ly/w28kSd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/w28kSd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/purduepharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purduepharma</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/opioidcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioidcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fda</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/copd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/merck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merck</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharma</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pharmanews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharmanews</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biotech</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/biopharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biopharma</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/biotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cafepharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cafepharma</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ ruling on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opioid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioid</span></a> case</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> blocked a controversial proposed Purdue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pharma</span></a> bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions to help address the nation’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidCrisis</span></a> in exchange for protecting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sackler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sackler</span></a> family from future lawsuits.<br>
The closely watched fight involving the maker of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OxyContin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxyContin</span></a> is part of a national reckoning over the role of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drugmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugmakers</span></a> &amp; others in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> opioid <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> crisis.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/3VLn8UX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3VLn8UX</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pharma</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sackler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sackler</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opiod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opiod</span></a> case:</p><p>Edward Neiger, who represents thousands of victims who stood to benefit from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> bankruptcy settlement that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> blocked, called the decision “a major setback for the families who lost loves ones to overdose and for those still struggling with addiction.” In a statement, he said that “victims have been abandoned by every branch of the government.”</p>
bs2<p>&gt; In 1996, when <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> introduced <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/OxyContin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxyContin</span></a>, the sales of the drug amounted to 48 million dollars. Four years later its sales had grown to 1.1 billion dollars, an increase of 2,192 per cent.2 The success of the <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/EastIndiaCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastIndiaCompany</span></a>’s drug-pushing programme was not quite as spectacular but it was astounding nonetheless. In the 101 years between 1729 and 1830, the Company’s <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/opium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opium</span></a> exports to China rose from 200 to 30,000 chests, a 14,900 per cent increase.<br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/SmokeAndAshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndAshes</span></a> by <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/AmitavGhosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmitavGhosh</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; in 2019, the Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was sentenced to life in prison by a United States court, and was made to forfeit 12 billion dollars, while the managers of <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> despite being given three felony convictions, did not go to jail, and the Sacklers retained possession of most of their fortune.<br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/RaceAndClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaceAndClass</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/TheSacklers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSacklers</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ElChapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElChapo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ElChapoSacklers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElChapoSacklers</span></a> <br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/DrugLords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugLords</span></a></p>
bs2<p>Like the <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Chisso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chisso</span></a> corporation and <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/MinamataDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinamataDisease</span></a> pattern: <br>&gt; The new company that emerges from the ashes of Purdue Pharma will be allowed to continue making and selling opioid products, including OxyContin.<br>&gt; But architects of this deal say future opioid profits will go to help fund drug treatment programs.<br>&gt; <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> itself will re-emerge from bankruptcy as a new company operated as a form of public trust corporation.<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/sackler-family-immunity-purdue-pharma-oxcyontin-opioid-epidemic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/</span><span class="invisible">sackler-family-immunity-purdue-pharma-oxcyontin-opioid-epidemic</span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ChissoCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChissoCorporation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/TheCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCorporation</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; The role of <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> and its blockbuster drug oxycontin in causing the opioid epidemic which has killed over 450,000 people in the past two decades has been well described in books like “The <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/EmpireOfPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmpireOfPain</span></a>” by author <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PatrickKeefe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickKeefe</span></a> and in reports of investigative journalists that have appeared in leading U.S. newspapers..<br> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9339402/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/</span><span class="invisible">PMC9339402/</span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/BoughtDoctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoughtDoctors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ThoughLeaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughLeaders</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; Purdue Pharma's story isn't unique. Many of the largest corporations in the U.S. got involved in the opioid business and have paid large sums to settle a wave of lawsuits linked to the crisis.<br>&gt; Late last month, four <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Fortune50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortune50</span></a> companies — <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/AmerisourceBergen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmerisourceBergen</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/CardinalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CardinalHealth</span></a>, Johnson &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/JohnsonAndMcKesson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnsonAndMcKesson</span></a> — agreed to a deal worth roughly $26 billion.<br> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/10/1085174528/sackler-opioid-victims" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2022/03/10/1085174528/</span><span class="invisible">sackler-opioid-victims</span></a><br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/TheCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCorporation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ArthurSackler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurSackler</span></a>, who died in 1987 before <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/OxyContin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxyContin</span></a> was introduced, was a remarkable innovator and "<a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/polymath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polymath</span></a>" by Keefe's account... part of his genius was seeing the fortune to be made by blurring the ethical lines between medicine, pharmaceuticals and marketing. He pushed drug companies to hire armies of sales reps.. [He] refined the art of wooing physicians with direct appeals, enticing.. with lucrative speaker fees, dinners and trips.<br> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/984870694/in-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sacklers-opioid-empire-an-american-dream-turns-toxic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2021/04/08/984870694/i</span><span class="invisible">n-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sacklers-opioid-empire-an-american-dream-turns-toxic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/OpioidEpidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidEpidemic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a></p>
Jérôme ابو عادل Singirankabo<p>2/2</p><p>Publicis, qui vantait notamment les bienfaits du médicament anti douleur <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OxyContin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxyContin</span></a> des laboratoires <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a>, “est la première agence de publicité à être tenue responsable” de la surprescription d’opiacés, souligne le Wall Street Journal. <br>L’ensemble des États et territoires américains se partageront l’indemnisation, qui met fin aux poursuites à l’encontre de Publicis. La Californie recevra le montant le plus important (34 millions de dollars).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drogue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opioides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opiaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opiaces</span></a></p>
MEActNOW<p>The greed and corruption that enabled the Oxycontin epidemic to kill hundreds of thousands (300K +) of people in the US are ruthlessly exposed in the new Netflix series <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Painkiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painkiller</span></a>. 💊</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oxycontin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxycontin</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Addiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sacchler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacchler</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netflix</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p>It's not merely that the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Sacklers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacklers</span></a> - - a multigenerational, ultra-wealthy drug-pusher dynasty - made billions while murdering hundreds of thousands of Americans by lying about the safety of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Oxycontin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxycontin</span></a>, the flagship product of their <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/PurduePharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PurduePharma</span></a> drug company. *It's that they got away with it*.</p><p>--</p><p>If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/05/third-party-nonconsensual-releases/#au-recherche-du-pedos-perdue" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2023/12/05/thi</span><span class="invisible">rd-party-nonconsensual-releases/#au-recherche-du-pedos-perdue</span></a></p><p>1/</p>
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