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Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma Billionaire Owners to be Sued
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Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma Billionaire Owners to be Sued

Suffolk County in New York is suing the Sackler family, which owns the maker of OxyContin, one of the main drugs behind the opioid drug overdose crisis. Just how responsible is the family and might…

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Billionaire Owners of Purdue Pharma Pushed Opioid Drug OxyContin Knowing it Could Kill
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Billionaire Owners of Purdue Pharma Pushed Opioid Drug OxyContin Knowing it Could Kill

Released depositions revealed that Richard Sackler, owner of Purdue Pharma, lied to physicians about the danger of OxyContin. Now Purdue Pharma is considering declaring bankruptcy to avoid lawsuits. Tarbell.org founder Wendell Potter discusses the case…

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New York Sues Big Pharma for Opioid Crisis
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New York Sues Big Pharma for Opioid Crisis

Sackler and PurduePharma profited from “suffering and death,” NYC AG Letitia James says. White collar criminologist Bill Black discusses the case Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…

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Biggest Supreme Court cases to watch in new term
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Biggest Supreme Court cases to watch in new term

The Supreme Court returned for its new term on Monday with several potentially major cases ahead. Jimmy Hoover, Supreme Court reporter at the National Law Journal, joins CBS News to take a look at some…

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