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  • china Billionaire Sackler family accused of pushing addictive opioids in China Mark Frauenfelder
  • law Purdue's court filings understate its role in the opioid epidemic by 80% Cory Doctorow
  • Business Massachusetts says Purdue's profits from a single opioid addict were $200,000 Cory Doctorow
  • health Prosecutors and federal judges collaborate with corporations to seal evidence of public safety risks, sentencing hundreds of thousands of Americans to death Cory Doctorow
  • law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow
  • law The billionaire family who profited off the opioid epidemic are finally facing legal reprisals Cory Doctorow
  • law Giuliani helped to keep Oxycontin in the hands of addicts Seamus Bellamy
  • corruption The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin Cory Doctorow
  • Business How a pharma company made billions off mass murder by faking the science on Oxycontin Cory Doctorow
  • corruption Doctors who take pharma industry freebies prescribe more of their benefactors' drugs Cory Doctorow
  • corruption A former pharma rep explains how the industry pushes doctors to overprescribe Cory Doctorow
  • denialism Leaks reveal how the "Pitbull of PR" helped Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers ignite the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow
  • happy mutants The Sacklers come to Sesame Street as a muppet is revealed to have had an addicted mother Cory Doctorow
  • law US prosecutors say the "bankrupt" Sacklers still have billions hidden away Cory Doctorow
  • glam Triple Chaser: a short documentary that uses machine learning to document tear gas use against civilians, calling out "philanthropist" Warren Kanders for his company's war-crimes Cory Doctorow
  • glam Louvre purges every mention of the Sackler opioid family after artist's protest Cory Doctorow
  • corruption Fentanyl execs found guilty of racketeering, face 20 year prison sentences Cory Doctorow
  • john oliver John Oliver tackles the Sacklers: the litigious, secretive billionaires whose family business engineered the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow
  • late stage capitalism UPDATE: New York State goes after the Sackler family's opioid fortune, claims they funneled their Oxy millions through offshore laundries Cory Doctorow
  • corruption Ketamine works great for depression and other conditions, and costs $10/dose; the new FDA-approved "ketamine" performs badly in trials and costs a fortune Cory Doctorow

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