Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the Sackler family and how they have handled opioid lawsuits. It covers how hard they fought to defend their name and is the third of three segments on the opioid crisis.
Recommended in threads about Purdue and Sackler immunity as a good primer on the issue.
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6 comments from Hacker News
I recently watched these 3 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Highly recommended. Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( ▶ this video ) Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( link ) Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( link )
Good. For those that haven't watched them yet, there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement: Opioids link Opioids II link Opioids III (this one focuses 100% on the Sacklers) ▶ this video
Besides that episode, he made two others about the Opioid Crisis / Purdue Pharma / Sacklers, 3 in total since 2016: 2016: link 2019: link 2021: ▶ this video In addition there's some sites made by them as well (referred to in the video): link (with Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Richard Kind, Michael K Williams) link
How about the FBI man up and seize the Sackler's $11B, eh? It's easy to pick on the small guy while the whale goes unpunished. [1] ▶ this video
For a more global audience, in case you might be wondering what this is all about: Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ▶ this video
For anyone that's just getting up to speed on this, John Oliver had a really good video specifically about this issue: ▶ this video