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Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have given the Sackler family immunity | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
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Ok, still a ways to go before celebration, but we're trending in the right direction. So, I'm choosing optimism.

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 78 points 1 year ago

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims.

The case arose after the reorganization in bankruptcy of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma – stemming from litigation arising from claims over its role in fueling the opioid addiction crisis.

Until recently, Purdue was controlled by the Sackler family, who withdrew billions of dollars from the company before it filed for bankruptcy.

They're so beyond the "Eat the Rich" side of things. They've committed so much evil and blood on their hands

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like the Sacklers forgot to buy some vacations for SC justices.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

There's still time, the SC blocked it so they could consider the case, not because they actually have a problem with it.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They need to be held criminally accountable. Heads need to roll on this one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Given the amount of time that the justices spend holidaying with billionaires what’s the bet that they side with their mates?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Just for a comparison:

Fatal opioid overdoses and opioid use disorder cost the United States $1.02 trillion in 2017. The most complete accounting to date of America’s opioid crisis was released by CDC in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Costs for spending on health care, opioid use disorder treatment, criminal justice, and lost work productivity, as well as estimates of cost for lost quality of life and lives lost were computed in this study.

And they have the audacity to say how much these $6 billion will help and how dare to delay that help. That's less than a drop in the ocean.

[–] BaronVonBort 16 points 1 year ago

I think that’s the thing that got me - the spokesperson’s response. “They are withholding help…” like yeah from the damage that your company (and the family who ran it) inflicted and is trying to escape any actual responsibility from.

I hope that they reverse the immunity. I don’t hold much hope from this court but I can light a candle for this one.

[–] Mr_Blott -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Devil's advocate -

Cost the United States $1.02 trillion

*Has been valued at $1.02 trillion by medical companies but is probably about $4 million to be fair 😂

Edit - please see below for an visual example of how difficult Americans find sarcasm

[–] BeMoreCareful 2 points 1 year ago

They probably account for how much people would have added to the GDP without their premature deaths.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rehab costs about $30k for 28 days. As if the hundreds of thousands of deaths and overdoses per year weren't enough. Suboxone is $700+ per month just for the pills, not including seeing the doctor monthly and random drug tests. Methadone's not cheap either. Then there's secondary health issues like sepsis, MRSA, HIV, hepatitis, heart problems, pregnancy issues, withdrawal, DUI injuries/deaths etc.

The list goes on and on and on and on. I wouldn't be surprised if a trillion barely covered it.

[–] ZooGuru 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact that Purdue is saying “this is the best plan and everyone says so” tells me all I need to know. I just hope that when the case is heard, the outcome will better AND the Sack-of-shit-ler family is held accountable. You can’t claim ignorance on the opioid epidemic and run a business the way they did to directly profit from it.

[–] weasel5053 22 points 1 year ago

The one thing that can be predicted with absolute certainty is that the Sackler family is going to be fine.

[–] CapitalismsRefugee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck? The Supreme Court made a decision that protects American citizens? Did they misunderstand the question?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is everyone so surprised? SCOTUS makes the "correct" decision quite often.

Independent Legislature Theory? Shot down.

VRA? Upheld.

Racially Biased Admission Criteria? Junked.

Indian Child Welfare Act? Upheld.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AA was not racially biased, it was necessary and it still is

"After California banned race-conscious admissions in 1996, the proportions of Black and Latino students at UCLA, one of the most elite school’s in the state’s system, fell drastically. By 2006, a decade later, only 96 Black students enrolled in a freshman class of nearly 5,000. They became known as the Infamous 96."

https://www.npr.org/live-updates/supreme-court-affirmative-action-harvard-unc

Defending that is seriously messed up. Everyone agrees that AA wasn't perfect, but it was the most effective way of diversifying student bodies. Racist Republicans got what they wanted, it's as simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess they should have been richer

[–] evujumenuk 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"come back with more money"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Didn't know morshu was on the supreme court.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good. We're still stacking the bodies. Bet the Sacklers didn't sleep well last night.

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 1 year ago

Pfffft I bet they have really nice mattresses

[–] elbarto777 8 points 1 year ago

The definition of uplifting news in this community is..... very broad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I guess the Sacklers should've bought more gifts for the "Justices."

[–] AncientFutureNow 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it something sinister...like they blocked it to make way for a settlement for much, much less money, and also ... immunity.