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AP reporting deal made on the Pardue Phama case over OxyContin, but no executives going to jail, including the Sackler family, over their marketing that made OxyContin a household word and hooked Americans coast to coast in the opioid epidemic, causing 470,000 death since 2000, costing the US economy $2.56 Trillion Dollars between 2015 and 2018 (3.4% of GDP) according to White House figures. It also settle civil liability, while the Sackler Family keeps Billion$.
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The Full Cost of the Opioid Crisis: $2.5 Trillion Over Four Years
October 26 marked National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which provided Americans an opportunity to prevent drug misuse and theft by ridding their homes
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Purdue Pharma, the company behind the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion, the Justice Department announced Wednesda
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The Sacklers Made More Than $12 Billion In Profit From OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma, New Report Says
The figure is much more than was previously estimated.
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