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The Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis

The Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis

FromApple News Today


The Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis

FromApple News Today

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

NPR reports on the billionaire Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. Members of the family appeared in front of a congressional committee. And Patrick Radden Keefe writes for the New Yorker about how the Sacklers have used their fortune to, so far, avoid criminal culpability for their role in the opioid crisis.
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Released:
Dec 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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