Purdue Pharma

New Jersey Will Receive Nearly $9.5M from Opioid Settlement

AIN’T ENOUGH –   Feb. 2, 2024 - “When you visit a physician, you do not expect that the details…

3 months ago

French PR Agency to Pay $350 Million for its Role in Our Opioid Crisis

THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING – Feb. 2, 2024 - A subsidiary of the French advertising giant Publicis will pay…

3 months ago

Exhibit on Addiction At Harvard’s Sackler Museum, Yes, Those Sacklers!

AUDIO – IRONIC AND IDIOTIC –   Jan. 17, 2024 - As we left the second floor gallery, I looked…

3 months ago

Consulting Company Fined $78 Million For Opioid Deaths

NO JAIL TIME? – Dec, 30, 2023 - Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $78 million to…

4 months ago

Opioid Settlement Divides Victims

MONEY MATTERS – Dec. 3, 2023 - “If it gets blown up, nobody gets anything,” Carter, of Maynard, Mass., said…

5 months ago

Nan Goldin on Vaping, Orgasms, and Greek Myths

MORE –   Oct. 24, 2023 - Since the 80s, Goldin has been working hard. Last year, the Laura Poitras-directed…

6 months ago

Four numbers that tell the story of the opioid epidemic

REAL DATA –   Sept. 13, 2023  - Here are the numbers that tell the story:  45 percent: The approximate…

7 months ago

Sackler Family Doc Shows Different Side of ‘Painkiller’ & ‘Dopesick’ Series

THE REAL HORROR STORY – Sept. 7, 2023 - All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a gripping documentary that…

8 months ago

Scottish Museum Removes Mentions of Opioid-Linked Murderous Sackler Family

A LEGACY OF DEATH – Sept. 1, 2023 - The V&A Dundee has become the latest UK museum to remove…

8 months ago

‘Painkiller’ vs. Dopesick’: Whose Richard Sackler Portrayal Is Better?

MATHEW BRODERICK NAILS IT –   Aug. 25, 2023 - The most notable comparison would have to be between the…

8 months ago

Despised Sackler Clan Bribing The Hamptons?

CRIME FAMILY – Aug. 22, 2023 - That negative publicity stepped up this month with the new, fictionalized Netflix film…

8 months ago

‘Painkiller’ Director: “This Story Is Tragedy”

ALWAYS IS WHEN 400,000 DIE – Aug. 21, 2023  - much to them [and] the medical schools that meant so…

8 months ago

Dead Ringers Has TV’s Best Take on the Sackler Family

VILLAINY FOR REAL – Aug. 18, 2023 - From the outset, the hook of Dead Ringers was reimagining David Cronenberg’s…

8 months ago

Netflix’s Painkiller and Hulu’s Dopesick

DEVIOUS FAMILY EXPOSED –   Aug. 18, 2023 - As the most dangerous drug introduced by this institution to the…

8 months ago

Follow the Money: How to Track Opioid Settlement Dollars In Your State

VIDEO – JACKPOT OR JACKED? –   Aug. 21, 2023 - In 2023, one of the biggest stories journalists across…

8 months ago

Meet The Man Who Fought The Sacklers

VIDEO – WITH COURAGE AND MORALS –   Aug. 15, 2023 - Quinn had helped Goldin form a grassroots group…

8 months ago

Pete Berg Had Personal Reasons For Wanting To Direct Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’

LISTEN – ADDICTIVE MINI-SERIES – Aug. 15, 2023 - It was a kismet twist of fate that Netflix’s limited series…

8 months ago

Four Shows to Watch After Netflix’s Painkiller

STREAMING SCANDALS – August 16,2023 - Dopesick: The Crime of the Century: The Pharmacist: How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Painkiller, Netflix’s drama about the opioid crisis is…

8 months ago

PAIN’KILLERS: Where Is The Murderous Billionaire Sackler Family Today?

VIDEO – EPILOGUE –   Aug. 14, 2023 - The series, which Netflix is careful to note is a fictionalized…

8 months ago

‘Painkiller’ on Netflix: Superb Film Feels Painfully Real

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – August 9,2023 - The cast is strong. Matthew Broderick might be one of…

9 months ago

Netflix’s OxyContin drama ‘Painkiller’ is just painful

THE PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY – August 10, 2023 - We’ve heard this story before. And we’ve heard it better. That’s…

9 months ago

New Netflix Series About Philanthropic Drug Pushers

THE FAMILY MADE $35 BILLION –   July 28, 2023 - Court filings show that Purdue, owned by the Sackler…

9 months ago

Mathew Broderick, aka Ferris Bueller, Portrays Murderer Richard Sackler

CHANNELING A QUIET KILLER – Aug. 4, 2023 -  Based on work by investigative journalists Barry Meier and Patrick Radden…

9 months ago

Wealthy Sackler Family Avoids Civil Lawsuits Over Opioid Deaths

THE 3 FACES OF EVIL – July 25, 2023 - Under a deal reached last year with thousands of state…

9 months ago

Nan Goldin vs. The Powers of the Opioid Death Cash Grab

ARTISTS SAVE LIVES – July 17, 2023 - Nan Goldin’s photography is a lesson in capturing life; its raw brutality…

9 months ago

GOOD NEWS! 27 Community Groups in Philadelphia Receive Opioid Settlement Funds

PREVENTION PLEASE – June 8, 2023 - The awards are part of Philadelphia’s larger spending plan for its share of…

11 months ago

Drug Use Kills 300 Americans Day

VIDEO – BRILLIANT SACKLER TAKE-DOWN – June 8, 2023 - Inside the Sackler dynasty and the company, Purdue Pharma, that…

11 months ago

JUST IN! Super Wealthy Sackler Family Shielded from Opioid Lawsuits, Court Rules

HE WHO HAS THE GOLD MAKES THE LAW – May 30, 2023 - The second US circuit court of appeals…

11 months ago

Sacklers Gave $19 Million to U.S. Agency that Helped Exacerbate Opioid Deaths

BIG PHARMA WINDFALL –  April 23, 2023 - Accepting millions of dollars from the Sackler family while advising the federal…

1 year ago

Harvard Students Call on University to Dename Sackler Buildings at Art Museum’s ‘Die-In’

AUDIO – REAL EDUCATION –  April 21, 2023 - More than 50 protesters called on Harvard to remove the Sackler…

1 year ago