*THE DRUG INDUSTRY’S TRIUMPH OVER THE DEA*

Fil 17/10/2017

The Secretive Family Making Billions From the Opioid Crisis
►http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin

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You’re aware America is under siege, fighting an opioid crisis that has exploded into a public-health emergency. You’ve heard of OxyContin, the pain medication to which countless patients have become addicted. But do you know that the company that makes Oxy and reaps the billions of dollars in profits it generates is owned by one family?

les frères Sackler, la #pharma #drogue et le #profit qui provoque l’actuelle crise d’overdoses, et le #whitewashing à travers les donations aux #musées

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the family’s leaders have pulled off three of the great marketing triumphs of the modern era: The first is selling OxyContin; the second is promoting the Sackler name; and the third is ensuring that, as far as the public is aware, the first and the second have nothing to do with one another.
That simple but profitable idea was to take a substance with addictive properties—in Arthur’s case, a benzo; in Raymond and Mortimer’s case, an opioid—and market it as a salve for a vast range of indications.
#communication #dépendance #marketing

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