Video: Connecticut's attorney general announces a huge settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for 6 billion dollars

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“As far as I can tell, no Sackler will have to sell a boat, or a car or a piece of art,” Connecticut’s attorney general says of a settlement plan that would allow the owners of Purdue Pharma to forfeit ownership of the company and not be sued for their role in the opioid epidemic

CT’s attorney general announces historic settlement with Purdue Pharma

Connecticut’s attorney general announced a historic settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.

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[pknopp]

As long as not a one of them go to prison we have no justice here.

 

[basquebromance]

The Sackler family made 35 billion off of OxyContin and doctors creating pill mills.

 

[basquebromance]

As long as not a one of them go to prison we have no justice here.

i hear ya, but 6 billion bucks is a lot of money

 

[basquebromance]

cancel the Sacklers. take them down!

 

[pknopp]

i hear ya, but 6 billion bucks is a lot of money

To another $500 is a lot of money.

 

[basquebromance]

The Sackler family, owners of Purdue pharma that made Oxycontin, donated generously to Connecticut Democrats including "Da Nang Dick" Richard Blumenthal, Jim Himes, and human moth hybrid Dan Malloy.

The Sackler family, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, donated generously to Connecticut Democrats

On May 27, 2016, then-Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman stood in the polished granite atrium of the legislative office building and heralded landmark legislation to address the scourge of opioid addiction. &#82…

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"Tong said Connecticut will receive approximately $95 million from the settlement, which will be used to fund opioid treatment and prevention. The agreement authorizes Connecticut to use a portion of the settlement funds to establish an Opioid Survivors Trust to directly aid survivors and victims of the opioid epidemic."

Translation - The money will go into our general fund where we'll blow it on what ever pet projects we want, just like we did with the tobacco settlement money in the 90s.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Thank God youve been protected from pain meds...........meanwhile get your free crackpipe