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Brraaap t1_ir33w0x wrote
They did, they settled out of court
napsdufroid t1_ir3d0fa wrote
Good news for a change
douglas_in_philly t1_ir3j4fi wrote
3 1/2 years seems like a really light sentence to me.
ReactionProcedure t1_ir3je85 wrote
Should be a capital crime.
As well as the manufacturer.
ReactionProcedure t1_ir3jhpr wrote
That was a civil case.
Head-Kiwi-9601 t1_ir3n0bj wrote
fastedzo t1_ir3ziy4 wrote
The Sackler family are still multi billionaires and none of them have spent a second in jail. They hid most of their personal wealth, Purdue pharmaceuticals filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019. Their names got dragged through the mud, but overall they walked away pretty unscathed for the heinous crimes they committed. They interviewed Richard Sackler and asked if he felt any responsibility for the opioid crisis and he said one word, no. They literally got millions of people hooked on opioids by paying off the FDA for a bullshit pill label that stated it was nonaddictive and flooding the country with sales people. It’s really fucked up what they did, they knew exactly what they were doing. and did not care one bit. Their name used to be on a lot of art museums and charitable organizations in New York. Now their name should be associated with Kensington
BabaBrody t1_ir41rkf wrote
That's wild to read. Earlier this year, I was working for a company that used Verree for all of their med fills (not for painkillers) and I talked to Mitch 2-3x a week for different order needs. Never once got a whiff that there was any looming issues or possible jail time.
jimgillespie t1_ir42bci wrote
Sigh. I used to use this place all the time as a kid and teenager. I hate that a place so drilled into my memories is associated with the Sackler's in this way.
jersey_girl660 t1_ir47aig wrote
It’s not going to happen unfortunately. This country has no balls when holding corporate America accountable. A small business owner commits 1/1000000 of the crime and gets the book thrown at them harder then the corporate buffs. It’s disgusting
CheeseburgerLover911 t1_ir48xqy wrote
If you’re wondering why a pharmacist was locked up, here’s the relevant bit from the article
A news release from U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said the pharmacy “filled prescriptions for wholesale quantities of high-dose oxycodone despite obvious alterations to the prescriptions and other red flags indicating that the drugs were not for a legitimate medical purpose.”
As opioid use became epidemic, the pharmacy had established itself as a “no questions asked” business for prescriptions for oxycodone and other addictive drugs, the release noted. By 2016, Verree was “the largest purchaser of oxycodone among retail pharmacies in the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
K3R3G3 t1_ir4dasm wrote
>This country has no balls when holding corporate America accountable
Because the country is Corporate America. Why hold yourself accountable when you can just add to your money pile?
Head of the FDA pushed this stuff through. It was known to be addictive and they said it wasn't. Who gets the $4.1M? Gubmint. They're all in bed together. A big greasy money orgy.
ShimmyShimmyYaw t1_ir4efwr wrote
Kensington is now renamed to Sacklerton? Or Heronton
eer1chill t1_ir4nt64 wrote
Really, that’s an interesting story, you were a headhunter and you recruited how many pharmacists that now sit in jail and lost their licenses? How many is “so many” the pharmacists who lost licenses and have done time?
Bigmlittlej t1_ir4uzl8 wrote
For REAL! The man is a killer!
electric_ranger t1_ir4z9km wrote
I am gobsmacked by the volume of pills they must have been moving to be the most in the state.
Reading Dopesick and Empire of Pain really drove home how evil the Sacklers are. My thoughts on the appropriate course of action with them would get me banned.
Vdjakkwkkkkek t1_ir4zk7p wrote
And the doctors too
electric_ranger t1_ir50luo wrote
Heronton sounds like a beach town with lots of wading birds. I prefer that.
1-2-chachacha t1_ir559f3 wrote
Well they said they 'know' of them, not necessarily recruited them.
eer1chill t1_ir5740c wrote
It’s quite the statement. I would love to know how many actual pharmacists that were handing out these scripts actually prosecuted or spent time in jail.
Cilantroduction t1_ir581oj wrote
And those of us in Philly get to see the fallout on the streets and trains and neighborhoods. Either dead family or the junkies out and about, defecating in public, begging, stealing and honestly, an ENTIRE generation of people either died or are now heroin addicts..Sackler family, the doctors and all the pharmacists who enabled and cultivated this man-made drug problem should ALL be in jail. 3.5 years? No, he should be in for 35 years. Scumbag. I have worked in pharmacy as a tech, and I have seen many instances of real, ethical pharmacists tell someone with a fake or altered script to talk to the police or take a walk, while keeping their fake script.
zoicyte t1_ir5hip8 wrote
not to mention the half million dollar fine seems really, really low.
Bad_Ottertude t1_ir5ibif wrote
Seriously, people are trying to make dealers get life sentences if someone ODs but this guy gets 3.5 years. He's got blood on his hands.
gearheadsub92 t1_ir5m1wl wrote
Can someone who downvoted this please explain why they disagree?
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AbsentEmpire t1_ir63ckv wrote
The incestuous relationship pharmaceuticals have with the FDA is a massive problem that directly lead to the opioid crisis and the lack of any accountability laws is how people like the Sacklers get away with what otherwise is blantent false advertising, drug dealing, and murder.
AbsentEmpire t1_ir63ks9 wrote
His prison sentence is a joke, should have been locked up for the rest of his life.
Glystopher t1_ir6da5x wrote
They better not ban Kratom because you can’t get pain meds anymore.
mpa_02 t1_ir787pc wrote
not to mention two of those years are supervised release
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justanawkwardguy OP t1_ir33fv7 wrote
It’s a start, now we need to charge the manufacturers