The pill is stronger than morphine and sparked the opioid crisis that’s now killing more than 100 people a day in America and has spawned millions of addicts. Q&A Why is there an opioid crisis in America? The bulk of that fortune derives from the family’s privately owned pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Arthur Sackler, Laurie Sackler, Neoma Sackler and Ali Fine on 24 February 2017 in Wellington, Florida. Meanwhile, he said: “Let’s say someone gets a conscience inside the Sackler family and says ‘let’s fix this’.

Source: The Guardian February 13, 2018 16:12 UTC