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Ad Agency to Pay $350M in First OxyContin Claim Settlement
HISTORICPublicis will have to pay within 60 days and has agreed not to take on new opioid clients, New York’s attorney general said.
Supreme Court Halts ‘Unprecedented’ $6B Opioid Settlement
BLOCKEDUnder the OxyContin maker’s plan, the Sackler family—which previously controlled the company—would’ve been released from any legal liability in future cases.
Matthew Broderick’s New Drama Will Make You Seethe With Rage
PAIN AND POWER“Painkiller,” Netflix’s propulsive limited series about the opioid crisis in the U.S., stokes outrage in the best possible way.
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Sackler Family Buys Immunity From Lawsuits for $6 Billion
BUYING THEIR WAY OUTThe Sackler family, whose company helped trigger the opioid crisis, will dole out $6 billion that will likely fund state and local efforts to fight opioid addiction.
She Was Burned Alive—and Testified in Her Own Murder Trial
RESILIENCEThe new doc “The Fire That Took Her” tells the heartbreaking story of Judy Malinowski, who was set on fire by her then-boyfriend and testified in her own future murder trial.
Murdaugh Saga Gets Weirder With New Drug Trafficking Charges
STRANGER THAN FICTIONProsecutors allege that for almost a decade, Alex Murdaugh and his alleged drug dealer conspired to buy and sell oxycodone.
McKinsey Consulted for Oxy Maker and FDA at Same Time: Docs
REVOLVING DOORSConsulting firm boasted to Purdue Pharma about its insider contacts at the federal regulator overseeing OxyContin.
Can J&J Just Dump Racist, Cancer-Causing Baby Powder Biz?
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUNThey’re trying, says Rep. Katie Porter, but it’s not clear if they’ll get away with their Texas Two-Step.
Dealer Admits Supplying Pills That Killed Mac Miller
‘COUNTERFEIT PILLS’Stephen Walter gave Miller’s alleged dealer the deadly pill that caused the rapper to overdose.
What Hulu’s ‘Dopesick’ Gets Wrong About the Opioid Crisis
CRACKDOWNDanny Strong’s (“Empire”) series, starring Michael Keaton, attempts to unpack how Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers flooded Appalachia with deadly opioids. Sadly, it misses the mark.