As Drugmakers Face Opioid Lawsuits, Some Ask: Why Not Criminal Charges Too?
"The Sackler family does not belong in bankruptcy court," Rep. Max Rose said of Purdue Pharma's owners. "They belong in handcuffs." He and others want charges for drug companies linked to the crisis.
Purdue Pharma, facing a mountain of litigation linked to the opioid epidemic, filed for bankruptcy in New York this week. The OxyContin manufacturer and its owners, the Sackler family, have offered to pay billions of dollars to cities and counties hit hard by the addiction crisis.
But that's not good enough for critics such as U.S. Rep. Max Rose.
"The Sackler family does not belong in bankruptcy court," Rose, a New York Democrat, told a news conference . "They belong in handcuffs and should be charged as
