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Sackler Family, Oxy and Fentanyl

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When it comes to the US opioid crisis, two names immediately come to mind: The Sackler family and (less common) John Kapoor. The latter is already a convicted felon. He's the guy who pushed Fentanyl spray by bribing doctors and defrauding insurance companies.


In Oxyana, the culprit is a family, specifically the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma. That's the criminal organization posing as a legal corporation that aggressively sold the lie that Oxycontin wasn't addictive. It was. In fact, their drug was as addictive to the average prescription recipient as free porn is to a teenager.

Well, as expected, the Sacklers are looking to deal. And, their lawyers offered to let them buy their way out of the jam. But, prosecutors said, "Not so fast."

Two dozen state attorneys general immediately rejected the plan.

They issued a joint statement describing Purdue as a "criminal enterprise" and demanded more money up front to help communities affected by opioid addiction to pay for treatment and public health services.

 
Speaking of "Oxyana," it's not a name I came up with.

This video is worth a look-see.
 
That video is absolutely heart-breaking. I think the Sacklers should spend decades in prison. What they did was intentional and they did it to make large sums of money. In reality, a black person caught with a gram of crack will spend more time in prison than they ever will, because our judicial system is corrupt to the core.

On another level, I think the people of West Virginia and other small towns were so vulnerable because of the extreme economic devastation and hopelessness they've seen over the past decades. That's the core of the issue and solving it will require addressing the economic devastation AND the corrupt pharmaceutical peddlers.
 
If the penalty for a crime is only a fine, then it only applies to the poor.

Some kid selling Oxy on a street corner would be put under the jail, these people will buy their way out of it.
 
When it comes to the US opioid crisis, two names immediately come to mind: The Sackler family and (less common) John Kapoor. The latter is already a convicted felon. He's the guy who pushed Fentanyl spray by bribing doctors and defrauding insurance companies.


In Oxyana, the culprit is a family, specifically the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma. That's the criminal organization posing as a legal corporation that aggressively sold the lie that Oxycontin wasn't addictive. It was. In fact, their drug was as addictive to the average prescription recipient as free porn is to a teenager.

Well, as expected, the Sacklers are looking to deal. And, their lawyers offered to let them buy their way out of the jam. But, prosecutors said, "Not so fast."




It's as addictive as heroin, morphine, cocaine or meth. In fact it may be a synthetic heroin.

WHAT ARE NARCOTICS?
Also known as “opioids,” the term “narcotic” comes from the Greek word for “stupor” and originally referred to a variety of substances that dulled the senses and relieved pain. Though some people still refer to all drugs as “narcotics,” today “narcotic” refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic substitutes.

A more current term for these drugs, with less uncertainty regarding its meaning, is “opioid.” Examples include the illicit drug heroin and pharmaceutical drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, codeine, morphine, methadone, and fentanyl.

WHAT IS THEIR ORIGIN?
The poppy Papaver somniferum is the source for all natural opioids, whereas synthetic opioids are made entirely in a lab and include meperidine, fentanyl, and methadone. Semi-synthetic opioids are synthesized from naturally occurring opium products, such as morphine and codeine, and include heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone.

Teens can obtain narcotics from friends, family members, medicine cabinets, pharmacies, nursing homes, hospitals, hospices, doctors, and the Internet

 
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This is serious drug dealing in a white collar.
 
This is serious drug dealing in a white collar.
It's one of those instances where we see exactly why our prisons are full of mostly poor and minority persons.
 
exactly ......... once humans are addicted the profits roar in.

I had a doctor explain to me to there is no cure for addiction........ only will power and perseverance can save
 
exactly ......... once humans are addicted the profits roar in.

I had a doctor explain to me to there is no cure for addiction........ only will power and perseverance can save
People in and out of rehab half a dozen times in three years would probably concur.
 
At this point prison abolition is looking much much sweeter.
 
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