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Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under US settlement proposal

Posted by Neverland
Tags: medicine, usa, opioids, oxycontin, law, sackler, business, pharmaceuticals, purdue pharma, legal, settlements, opioid crisis, drugs, author.jan hoffman, source.the new york times, paywall.soft
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/health/sacklers-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement.html

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Published
Aug 28 2019
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  1. Diet_Coke
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    That's a good start, but really we should give them the drug dealer treatment. Take away their money, their houses, all the things they've bought with the proceeds of human misery, lock them up...

    That's a good start, but really we should give them the drug dealer treatment. Take away their money, their houses, all the things they've bought with the proceeds of human misery, lock them up and throw away the key.

    3 votes
  2. Neverland
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    Update: Purdue Pharma Tentatively Settles Thousands of Opioids Cases The comments on that story are pissed off, as they should be. This is an extreme example of the 2 tier US justice system.

    Update:
    Purdue Pharma Tentatively Settles Thousands of Opioids Cases

    The comments on that story are pissed off, as they should be. This is an extreme example of the 2 tier US justice system.

    3 votes