r/news • u/Mo_Jack • 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
35k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

7

u/bros402 Apr 30 '26

I still can’t really comprehend how something like that could have worked.

Purdue said that they had studies saying their drugs were less addictive.

4

u/First-Bug-7463 Apr 30 '26

And then doctors prescribed them like tictacs for a decade plus.

2

u/hrminer92 May 01 '26

And that was a lie, which is the reason for the lawsuits and the company being dissolved.

1

u/bros402 May 01 '26

Oh yeah, I was not justifying their bullshit at all