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The prescription painkillers that have become such a scourge in american society. they allegedly helped to create the opioid crisis by promoting their drugs in the 1990s as safe and nonaddictive. news reports came to light that a monday tear settlement worth millions of dollars could be in the works. and new allegations that the sackler family is racing to shield their assets ahead of any settlement. let's get the latest from cnn's polo sandoval. >> reporter: it was made days after purdue phrma of the opioid epidemic. in this case the new york state attorney general james alleging the sackler ...

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