The secretive wealthy family behind the opiod epidemic are using the same tactics to kill public education
by Cory Doctorow from on (#37V6W)
The Sackler Family are best known for philanthropy, but their real legacy is the opiod epidemic, which they engineered through their family firm, Purdue Pharmaceutical, which used a variety of front organizations that paved the way for massive overprescription of the company's painkillers, while covering up the flaws in the drug-testing for Purdue's products and the false claims about their safety and efficacy. (more")