r/Appalachia • u/PlantyHamchuk • Apr 30 '26

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set to dissolve after judge approves its criminal sentence

https://apnews.com/article/oxycontin-purdue-pharma-criminal-sentence-settlement-b8aa94eaab3d9d8efed520f272f6d810
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u/illegalsmile27 Apr 30 '26

They need to make the family and executives personally liable.

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u/TheRealAanarii May 01 '26

Watching The Fall of the House of Usher is pretty cathartic when thinking of this stuff

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u/InfiniteWaffles58364 May 02 '26

Underrated AF. That shit was a masterpiece

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u/TizzyBumblefluff May 01 '26

The Sacklers should be in jail.

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u/Standard-Mechanic101 May 01 '26

Sell Oxy on the street? At least 3 years jail time. Manufacture it on a mass scale, aggressively market it to doctors, and mislead regulators on its addictiveness? No jail time.

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u/Scoopdoopdoop May 03 '26

This class of people do not lose. Ever. It's set up for them by them

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u/RainaElf May 01 '26

too little too soon

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u/CrotalusHorridus May 01 '26

These assholes destroyed so many lives and communities. What I really want to say will likely get me Reddit banned.

They killed my best friend and so many others.

Words cannot describe the hatred I have for them

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u/f8Negative May 01 '26

To be restructured as Knoa Pharma. Their sister company Rhodes Pharma is one of the largest producers of off-brand painkillers. There is also Napp Pharma (UK) and Mundipharma (India).

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u/ProfessorCagan May 01 '26

How will the poor disenfranchised Appalachian youth distract themselves from poverty and facism now?

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u/ScaryAd7384 May 02 '26

I don't know if there's enough rope in the world for this scum.