OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set to dissolve after judge approves its criminal sentence

please, don't hold their beer. we're all doing terribly 😞

Or no want for people wanting to get that deal as well. If anything in my life as an American for about half a century is that evil pays well and doesn’t lose. I think Lovecraft was onto something there.

True, while I don’t know all of the history of DuPont, they were involved in helping to criminalizing marijuana (or hemp) maybe a century ago. There was a time when the best rope was made from hemp, and other things too. But DuPont wanted more involvement in manufacturing auto trim, which was being done partly by hemp until they, with their dirty money, got laws passed banning the use of hemp. Which affected lives, not all farmers grew tobacco & food, hemp had a place in society then. Fortunately, this was turned around in recent years, yet there was a recent setback too. Parts of that Farm Bill had to be scrapped to reach a deal to reopen the government. Yet getting back to the OP’s point, there were senior executives sentenced to prison long ago. Did these people remain free all of this time? I too was a victim to an extent of the false advertising that OxyContin wasn’t an addictive drug when properly used as directed. It didn’t take long for a 40mg time release pill every 12 hours to become 80mg & then every 8 hours, then again every 6 & this was in addition to the immediate release (or rescue) type of the main ingredient. The only positive was the 160mg dose had been removed from the market, otherwise that would have been the next escalation. My doctor had to switch me from this because I developed pneumonia from respiratory system slowing. Plus I was a walking zombie by then, running on instinct or muscle memory alone. Note that I didn’t ever take more than prescribed, I was not an addict, rather a patient who had gone through many years of back pain which required a total lumbar fusion to repair the damage. This led to a long recovery period, of which it took the nerves two years to regenerate enough for me to function again without searing flareups of pain. Really, it felt as though burning & times when all I could do was scream into my pillow. This was not the fault of DuPont, but being physically dependent on OxyContin was that of Perdue Pharma. I had their brochure in hand in my doctor’s office, and was assured when the time came, that I could be eased off without too much difficulty. That was a total lie!😡 Not to mention all of the pain of many families who lost loved ones to addiction of the drug that should have never been allowed on the market. I truly feel bad for every life lost and every family living in grief for the sake of greed. Yes, one word, greed. I’m positive there was lots of dirty money changing hands during this period. We’ll never know how much, just what they want us to believe. Secondly, there’s no price tag for all of the victims & their families involved. This was a preventable tragedy, had the right people stepped in (or stood up & asked tougher questions). Lots of hands in this.

I agree with this. After listening to the last podcasts series on them.... f*** them

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Damn, could you imagine one of the Sackler family members blowing up your phone at 5 a.m. asking you to front them a pill lol

honestly this is the right move because these people completely lack empathy so they obviously need to learn some harder lessons.

It was a joint decision between the Gargler family and the Sack Family. You see they were both strait laced families with pristine and prudish reputations. Until… Mona Gargler was impregnated by Archibald Sack outside of wedlock. It was decided they must choose a new name and be outcast from their families. Start out on their own after disgracing both family names to the extent they could no longer be associated. It is my displeasure to announce Mr and Mrs Archibald Sackler.

Injustice for all

Yeh... once upon a time, the ER gave me reliable pain relief when a kidney stone decided to make its escape attempt. The next time, what they gave me wasn't any better than Acetaminophen, because of all the anti-opiod regulations. I truly feel for anyone that has to live through serious, acute or chronic pain, now.

I have to agree with you, I’m in Southwest Florida where the largest pill mills were BEFORE Ohio and Michigan took the title after the Feds shut down our pill mills. I remember seeing patients 100 deep in line waiting to “see” the doctor and 35-40% of the “patients” came from your states like Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, etc! It was crazy! From reading yours and other comments regarding death by opioids, I have lost almost EVERYONE in both sides of my family from Aunts and Uncles, Cousins, even my only Brother a year and a half ago. All of my friends, but one (who’s in jail for drugs) have all died in the last decade. I actually moved 45 minutes south of where I grew up just to get out of all the death that happened around me. Sad thing is I am a recovering addict, right along with my friends and family, growing up and as it said, the sad thing is, I shattered my wrist and and had two compound fractures in my forearm when I fell and had to be put back on pain meds because of the severe pain of having titanium put in my arm and wrist! And now I am pissed because I’ve never in 45 years had a broken bone or anything close to that, yes, I’ve had springs but never have I needed pain meds for it and now I’m on four 20 mg oxycodone a day and I’ve been on them for six months and I am trying to get off the damn things and it just sucks all those people that push the sales people are just as bad because they know I know it’s a job but still but anyone that’s affiliated with big Pharma or family farmer doesn’t matter they should all go to hell! Thank you for letting me comment 👍🏻