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Massachusetts v. Purdue is a lawsuit filed on August 14, 2018, suing the Stamford, Connecticut-based company Purdue Pharma LP, which created and manufactures OxyContin, "one of the most widely used and prescribed opioid drugs on the market", and Purdue's owners, the Sacklers [1] accusing them of "widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to the opioid crisis ...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is close to a guilty plea agreement on criminal charges tied to its alleged role in fueling the nation's opioid scourge, several sources familiar with the matter told ...
Two family members appeared by video and one listened by audio to a 2022 court hearing in which more than two dozen people impacted by opioids told their stories publicly.
The Martin County spill became an early scandal for President George W. Bush’s administration, ... On May 20, 2006, an explosion at Darby Mine No. 1 in Harlan County killed five miners, ...
While the Blackjewel protest was entirely peaceful, Harlan County has been the site of labor protests for nearly a century. In the 1930s, coal miners attempted to unionize earning the area the nickname “Bloody Harlan.” [32] Coal operators used deadly violence as a means to break the strike and miners fought back with equal violence. In the ...
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Purdue Pharma first introduced the opioid drug OxyContin in the 1990s and promoted it as non-addictive. The company has been accused of helping to fuel the opioid epidemic in the United States ...
Dopesick focuses on "the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction" across the U.S. on how individuals and families are affected by it, on the alleged conflicts of interest involving Purdue Pharma and various government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Justice, and finally, on the legal case against Purdue Pharma and their ...