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General Category => Domestic & World News => Topic started by: AngelOfThyNight on March 24, 2019, 11:58:30 AM

Title: Federal lawsuit filed against Sackler family over opioid crisis
Post by: AngelOfThyNight on March 24, 2019, 11:58:30 AM
Federal lawsuit filed against Sackler family over opioid crisis

More than 600 cities, counties and Native American tribes from 28 states have filed a federal lawsuit against eight members of the Sackler family -- owners of the pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma LP -- accusing them of creating the opioid addiction crisis through ownership of the company that manufactures the painkiller OxyContin.



Source: Federal lawsuit filed against Sackler family over opioid crisis (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/trYtQu1VWLw/index.html)