2016 Purdue News Today

General whose office filed the suit also accused the family of deceiving doctors and patients about oxycontins risks and profiting off the sale of the drug while blaming the terrible consequences on the people who became addicted to them. the complaint cites an e-mail from former purdue chairman and president richard sack ler who wrote we have to hammer on the abusers. they are the culprits and the problem. they are the reckless criminals. the lawsuit includes a chart that shows the family paid ...

Purdue lost a legal battle to keep the contents of this complaint private telling cnn the decision to release the full complaint is part of a continuing effort to blame it for the entire crisis and adding massachusetts seems to vilify while undermining the important work we have taken to address the opioid addiction crisis. eight members of the sackler family have been named in the lawsuit along with current and former company executives. >> just an alarming story. we know you will stay obit. th...