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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ProPublica has published a deposition of Richard Sackler that Purdue Pharma has tried to keep sealed for years.

https://www.propublica.org/article/richard-sackler-oxycontin-oxycodone-strength-conceal-from-doctors-sealed-testimony

“During the deposition, Sackler was confronted with his email exchanges with company executives about Purdue’s decision not to correct the misperception among many doctors that OxyContin was weaker than morphine. The company viewed this as good news because the softer image of the drug was helping drive sales in the lucrative market for treating conditions like back pain and arthritis, records produced at the deposition show.”

He said Purdue didn’t want OxyContin “to be polluted by all of the bad associations that patients and healthcare givers had with morphine.”

“Sitting here today, after all you’ve come to learn as a witness, do you believe Purdue’s conduct in marketing and promoting OxyContin in Kentucky caused any of the prescription drug addiction problems now plaguing the Commonwealth?” a lawyer for Kentucky asked.

Sackler replied, “I don’t believe so.”[/quote]

That ProPublica article is a must read.  Meanwhile the Sackler family is feted for its donations to the Met and Victoria and Albert Museum.  Blood money made off the backs of victims of the opioid epidemic.[/quote]

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