3 of 3 in Purdue / Sackler
2001 / 2019
Public
Purdue · 2000s
Public comments on the opioid crisis
“Public Purdue spoke of patients in pain, a few bad actors, and the company’s wish to help doctors treat suffering.”
Patients are the public noun. Abusers are the private one. The reclassification protects the molecule.
The tell · Watch who gets the moral noun. That is the preference.
How this became public: Widely quoted Sackler email from opioid cases; UCSF / STAT.
Keyboard: J / K or ← / → to move. S for sources. Esc leaves the pair.
Pipe: Court. Widely quoted Sackler email from opioid cases; UCSF / STAT.
Public claim
Purdue, patient-compassion story
2000s · Public comments on the opioid crisis
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Private artifact
Richard Sackler, email, Purdue
2001-02-27 · Internal email later entered in litigation
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