Supreme Court blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @maigepresents5840
    @maigepresents5840 Год назад +714

    If the penalty for breaking a law is a fine, that law only applies to the poor

    • @konigstiger3252
      @konigstiger3252 Год назад +5

      It is a CIVIL sue...

    • @kennethc2466
      @kennethc2466 Год назад

      YEP! Hence nickel bags of harmless weed is criminalized federally, TO ADULTS, yet the ATF taxes and supports the 4 biggest killers of Americans...for the profit of the monopolies whom grift them for MEGA, ND MAGA profit. Florida says slavery was a jobs program! Even for the 10 generations plus of SLAVES who never got paid for their, as the GOP puts it, 'trade, taught by teachers, and not slaves owners whom owned the bloodlines of their HUMAN 'cattle'.
      Lobbying is legal, yet the same act is called BRIBERY...if you're not an American thug, er, 'Congressmen'. Taxes= The Godfather's 'protection'...without the protection.
      Show me an American politician whom hasn't lied for their own gain, and I'll show you how wrong you are, via public record facts.
      TRY ME! I DARE YOU! So I may destroy your 'we have democracy' American delusion...via simple, public record facts.

    • @maigepresents5840
      @maigepresents5840 Год назад

      @@konigstiger3252 murder is a felony no? I mean... if you or I caused as many deaths as opioids have, we'd be getting tried for genocide by the international Court...

    • @RARufus
      @RARufus Год назад

      Yes this is a civil suit, but where are the criminal prosecutions? Oh wait…big pharma is one of the industries that owns the politicians from both parties. The OPs post sill applies.

    • @ahndeux
      @ahndeux Год назад +7

      The sad part is the settlement was for around $6B to 60,000 people. It would have netted each person around $100K before lawyers and taxes. That is a lot of money that can be used to buy other drugs to keep them happy. Now they will have to wait another 20+ years and probably not see one dime. In the end, the lawyers win. The family can always file bankruptcy later if that helps preserve their wealth. That's justice for you.

  • @markgreen4612
    @markgreen4612 Год назад +487

    The Sackler's personal net worth is $12 billion and they should go broke from lawsuits against them personally. Hell, they should be going to prison for the rest of their lives.

    • @hazmat1978
      @hazmat1978 Год назад +9

      How much money do they donate to Republicans and Democrats!??
      ~ *Registered Independent*

    • @ghost_martini
      @ghost_martini Год назад

      @@hazmat1978
      Mostly give to Republicans and Conservatives but some members of the Sacklers have donated a fair amount to Democrats. My sources were Open Secrets, Hartford Courant and Truthout.

    • @truth6600
      @truth6600 Год назад +7

      True.

    • @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
      @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 Год назад +8

      Don't forget every single doctor that prescribed it!

    • @michigan9191
      @michigan9191 Год назад +2

      So should the beer and liquor companies

  • @marilynnschroeder4436
    @marilynnschroeder4436 Год назад +109

    The Sachler’s knew Oxy was addictive but they just wanted more money. We can’t let them off the hook!

    • @reinman1987cancer
      @reinman1987cancer Год назад

      Their bank accounts should be drained and their citizenship should be revoked, every last Sackler

    • @seanfaherty
      @seanfaherty Год назад +3

      it seems we did

  • @royabrown8774
    @royabrown8774 Год назад +124

    They put the woman in jail for fraudulently making a claim that her company had a test kit that could do what ever,she went to jail,so explain why this family don't get jail time?

    • @cheezykrafts8134
      @cheezykrafts8134 Год назад +14

      They have more money.

    • @Elena-rt9yu
      @Elena-rt9yu Год назад +17

      Same reason Trump is walking around free, & runnimg 4 an office he is unfit for!

    • @spidalack
      @spidalack Год назад +10

      She didn't manage to turn a profit with her lies.

    • @RainbowManification
      @RainbowManification Год назад +23

      She made the mistake of exploiting rich people instead of poor people.

    • @auntsuesue4413
      @auntsuesue4413 Год назад +7

      She *took* the rich people's money, but they made a lot of money *for* rich people.

  • @lenaely6146
    @lenaely6146 Год назад +104

    They destroyed a lot of lives and society... But want protection from liability 😮

    • @ghost77524
      @ghost77524 Год назад

      Kind of odd how they get off scot-free in the same way that Biden does what a coincidence

    • @alterculture
      @alterculture Год назад

      Yep they want no liability like vaccine makers currently have in USA. Was interesting that Pfizer and Moderna gave up billions in profits in India, because India wouldn't give the corps immunity.

  • @frankgallodoro2891
    @frankgallodoro2891 Год назад +232

    Being allowed to settle with money is a crime. The damage that was done by these drugs is insane they should be stripped of every nickel they have and put in jail for life . I see it as crimes against humanity.

    • @cookielapaz8927
      @cookielapaz8927 Год назад

      settlement = bribes

    • @ey67
      @ey67 Год назад

      They are murderers. Causing suicides and destroying countless families all over the country.

    • @dixieporter2960
      @dixieporter2960 Год назад +10

      At the very least, it has to be every dime they made off the drug, plus a penalty amount equal to the amount they profited. And a few years in prison for the owners.

    • @gastondeveaux3783
      @gastondeveaux3783 Год назад +3

      I agree with you 1000%

    • @dascherofficial
      @dascherofficial Год назад

      ​@@dixieporter2960the owners, board members, directors, and senior management. Don't be stingy now.

  • @dementeduncle
    @dementeduncle Год назад +916

    Unless the culpable Sackler's do some jail time, this is just more rich man's justice.

    • @justsaying3729
      @justsaying3729 Год назад +29

      Forget that, They've got the SC in their pociet

    • @consciousobjector2507
      @consciousobjector2507 Год назад +13

      Oh they won't do a single day of time.

    • @jenns2074
      @jenns2074 Год назад +16

      They won't even loss a yacht or a vacation home .

    • @GuitarGuy4647
      @GuitarGuy4647 Год назад +14

      Unless they get capital punishment, it’s just more rich man’s justice.

    • @spacespector
      @spacespector Год назад +10

      @@jenns2074the would have to get Clarence Thomas off them first

  • @Neckelmania
    @Neckelmania Год назад +380

    If the Sackler family wants a true settlement, then the corporate executive leadership who were responsible for the opioid epidemic should go to jail. Not bankruptcy, not a financial slap on the wrist- they should face criminal prosecution. Plain and simple.

    • @msimon6808
      @msimon6808 Год назад

      And that is? What if the cause of addiction isn't drugs? Suppose the cause is pain?
      People in chronic pain chronically take pain relievers. PTSD from child abuse mostly. We make war on them.
      And blame the pain relievers.
      It is a Government Program.

    • @mvrk4044
      @mvrk4044 Год назад +19

      They should have to lose their lives and the lives of their families the same way they have benefited from the destruction of countless lives and the loss of even. just. one.
      You and I would already be under the prison. Fair doesnt even enter the equation for these scumbags, with the amount of derision heaped on addicts -- they are just as culpable for the behavior of addicts as are the addicts themselves in this case.

    • @cookielapaz8927
      @cookielapaz8927 Год назад

      Life in prison without parole and no reduced sentences for Sacklers. They murdered 400,000 unsuspecting adults and children.

    • @bobross8585
      @bobross8585 Год назад +13

      Why not both?

    • @theodorefreeman
      @theodorefreeman Год назад

      @@mvrk4044 They aren't just as capable, they knew opioids killed people. They are murderers.

  • @Mr1159pm
    @Mr1159pm Год назад +51

    Unless they end up going in prison without a cent left to their name, it's a sweet deal

  • @alhutton7061
    @alhutton7061 Год назад +51

    I lost my entire family to this proscribed drug. McKay, Linda, Emily and Teagan. The Supreme Court needs to take that into account. No money can bring them back. But doing the right thing could bring a form of healing.

    • @lizharrington2213
      @lizharrington2213 Год назад +4

    • @scalylayde8751
      @scalylayde8751 Год назад +5

      I'm so sorry for your loss. And I know saying that won't bring them back, but I hope the empathy of a stranger means something.

    • @alhutton7061
      @alhutton7061 Год назад +3

      @scalylayde8751 thank you it does.

    • @basillah7650
      @basillah7650 Год назад +1

      You getting nothing after lawyer fees enjoy your $1 per person cost more to spend the money to you than you get.

    • @alhutton7061
      @alhutton7061 Год назад +1

      @basillah7650 never was about the money so I could careless about that. It's about consequences for illegal acts. If you sell a product and say it's safe and you know that's a lie but you do it anyway for the money. You die of the heart attack and stress you caused. But your family needs to not enrich themselves at millions of other peoples health. Seize all assets, go to jail if you try to keep it. The world knows what Purdue Pharma did, Elie Lilly, Dupont, etc. History and God are not the only ones that keep scores, the victims and surviving family members keep score too. We will publicly shame someone that commits crimes against Humanity. That's my prayer today. I'm sleeping like a baby.

  • @Brian-_
    @Brian-_ Год назад +505

    So they made over 10 billion, wanted to pay 6 billion and get away without any criminal charges..

    • @KrustyKlown
      @KrustyKlown Год назад

      1 MILLION Americans have died from Opiods... and NO Criminal Charges???!!!!!!

    • @MrMatt531
      @MrMatt531 Год назад +36

      Speaking of big pharma…
      Remember how, we the people, funded all the research for the Covid vaccine? If we didn’t, we never would have gotten a vaccine at all. Thank goodness we were able to do that!
      But….
      When is came to getting the vaccine out, who decided to make record profits off it while we all couldn’t work? That money BELONGS to the taxpayers and something needs to be done about that as well.

    • @KrustyKlown
      @KrustyKlown Год назад

      @@MrMatt531 Speaking of COVID, it KILLED 1 Million.. just like Opiods. The difference is Big Pharma saves 1 Million and Killed another 1 Million... it's a wash .. NO PROFITS FOR YOU!!>

    • @DJKevvyKevCoolBreeze
      @DJKevvyKevCoolBreeze Год назад

      @@MrMatt531 That's an interesting take. What do you suggest?

    • @KeefChief_
      @KeefChief_ Год назад +27

      I’m sure Escobar would have loved this deal.

  • @rikkoshop620
    @rikkoshop620 Год назад +379

    What the settlement did was protect the families private moneys that they made off of selling this drug. I think the court should throw in the families’ money into the recovery pot as well !!!

    • @davidthomas5035
      @davidthomas5035 Год назад +29

      Every penny of it. But then, that would never happen here in America. Can't let those poor rich people suffer. Wouldn't be right.

    • @1truek269
      @1truek269 Год назад +15

      ​@davidthomas5035 especially this SCOTUS

    • @tracy2762
      @tracy2762 Год назад +11

      who is getting all this money because i doubt its all the people who ingested these meds..lawyers and politicians more like.

    • @michaell1603
      @michaell1603 Год назад +4

      @@davidthomas5035umm you realize that businesses are entirely separate entities from personal people right? If you slip and fall at Walmart, you can’t sue the Walton family as well 😂🤦‍♂️

    • @MyUniqueVibe
      @MyUniqueVibe Год назад +22

      @@michaell1603 what if you can prove family members knew the danger was real and prevented the store from fixing it? Genuine question. 🤔

  • @nickwoo2
    @nickwoo2 Год назад +39

    they need jail time, we must be able to put the leaders of companies in jail. Letting them pay money to commit crimes is not justice.

    • @murraymadness4674
      @murraymadness4674 Год назад +4

      They need WORSE than jail time. They need to forced to be addicted to their drug and forced to suffer withdrawal and all associated with it before they eventually die a horrible death.

    • @alterculture
      @alterculture Год назад

      @@murraymadness4674 especially since they say its not addictive, so they should have no trouble stopping all on their own after taking it for a long time according to medical doctor's directions, now that is a reality show that would be blockbuster

  • @dixieporter2960
    @dixieporter2960 Год назад +39

    How can it be justice for the owners to walk away unscathed? We saw that with banks did back in 07. Bank executive officers weren't held accountable, so they continue screwing us over. I seriously doubt this court will do anything that will keep the owners accountable, but I can always hope they will do the right thing.

    • @alterculture
      @alterculture Год назад

      vaccine makers in USA have special immunity, can't sue them, even when Baltimore Sun article on FDA cited the plant for very serious violations, and it seems I got a bad batch and injured but am just fucked, in pian for over a year and can't work, probably going to have to euthanize myself, sucks that I'm not suicidal, lucky bastards

  • @MrTrooper82
    @MrTrooper82 Год назад +67

    Considering pharma made 917 BILLION dollars from 1994 to 2011, six billion is a drop in the bucket. In my opinion it should be closer to 500 billion.
    Reason for my opinion; In sixteen years we lost 1.22 million Americans from oxy/opioid overdose. LA county alone was seeing an average of 6 a day followed by NY at 5 and St. Louis at 3 a day. The worst part of it......they knew it but just didn't care.

    • @Thatscrazyyourecrazy
      @Thatscrazyyourecrazy Год назад +2

      Agreed

    • @breachperplex8846
      @breachperplex8846 Год назад

      Getting rid of the drugs didn’t help though

    • @prof.scheere6933
      @prof.scheere6933 Год назад

      Hope they burn in hell

    • @prof.scheere6933
      @prof.scheere6933 Год назад

      ​@@breachperplex8846lol nice argument. A pill is a lot fvcking different then straight up heroin. But yea nice argument

    • @Denidrakes69
      @Denidrakes69 Год назад

      ​@@breachperplex8846but they never got rid of the drugs

  • @ericinla65
    @ericinla65 Год назад +73

    THE SACKLER FAMILY should be in Prison 🔒for killing all those innocent people that believe the lies that their drugs were safe and didn't get you addicted. While making 10's of Billions of $

    • @imtryinghere1
      @imtryinghere1 Год назад

      The settlement doesn't give the Sackler family protection from criminal lawsuits. It settles civil claims only, kind of like the global tobacco settlement.

    • @MarcSchmidt-df8cl
      @MarcSchmidt-df8cl Год назад +9

      In prison right along side fentanyl pushers

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Год назад

      Decisions decisions decisions just think of all the drug addicts that could have been flipping hamburgers at McDonald's or teaching Sunday school but no baby they were willing pleasure victims. Decisions decisions decisions

    • @Simon-oq6ds
      @Simon-oq6ds Год назад

      Yeah, well money talks in this country so I doubt they’ll spend any jail time. I think common sense says they should forfeit all of their wealth and spend some jail time.

    • @christinaslate1865
      @christinaslate1865 Год назад

      The FDA is just as responsible as the Sackler family. This is so typical of people not really knowing what’s what on .
      I was on Oxy for years with no issues whatsoever. The drug gave me a quality of life I wouldn’t have had . Addicts and abusers will always find a way to use . It’s just the way it is , sadly 😊

  • @fredintoronto
    @fredintoronto Год назад +460

    The Sackler Family is estimated to be worth $13 billion plus. Only paying $6 billion ($3 billion from the family) and immunity for the family seems like a sweetheart deal.

    • @Bluewater9
      @Bluewater9 Год назад +19

      Agreed. Another example of legalized corruption. Why they don’t have to start over and be subjected to police mentality is a crime itself. ⚓️🇺🇸💙

    • @fletcherreed3259
      @fletcherreed3259 Год назад

      They tried to do it for the bidens, starting with hunter

    • @bobknull7502
      @bobknull7502 Год назад +33

      It's like being caught robbing a bank and the punishment is giving back HALF the money and dropping the murder charges for the people they killed.

    • @leoplaate1165
      @leoplaate1165 Год назад

      If Purdue was Vladimir Putin... The victims were the cannon fodder..... And SCOTUS is the United Nations
      I bet on Purdue !! They will get a chance to begin all over again.

    • @jonahansen
      @jonahansen Год назад +4

      Not as sweet as the Hunter Biden deal...

  • @Doc5thMech
    @Doc5thMech Год назад +174

    The family will send 3 justices on all-expense paid outlandish, non-declared vacations, and in the end, the company will end up paying far less and they will write that off on their multiple LLC.

    • @msimon6808
      @msimon6808 Год назад +1

      And if the cause of addiction isn't drugs? Suppose the cause is pain?
      People in chronic pain chronically take pain relievers. PTSD from child abuse mostly. We make war on them.
      And blame the pain relievers.

    • @mvrk4044
      @mvrk4044 Год назад +8

      "Will"? They fucking already have, I promise you.

    • @jynxce
      @jynxce Год назад +6

      @@msimon6808 So, the cause of addiction might not be addictive opioids? Right.

    • @MarlzJinx
      @MarlzJinx Год назад

      ​@@msimon6808We don't make war on the one's suffering, Big Pharma sees them as dollar signs. They aren't curing anyone with their pills. They don't seek a cure, they seek repeat customers.

    • @trumpet12345
      @trumpet12345 Год назад +4

      same justice's needed to short sell their stock first before "justice"

  • @definingstyle145
    @definingstyle145 Год назад +14

    The sacklers are worth nearly 12 billion. In a 6 billion settlement approx 3 billion will go to the lawyers. City and state governments think they have programs to prevent future opioid abuse but none of those have been proven effective. At the end of the day, I estimate each claimant will get maybe $1000. Far too less for the sacklers egregious abuse of our trust.
    Here's to hoping scotus can make a decision fair to the public

  • @KrashFries
    @KrashFries Год назад +42

    Here’s an idea for a law: whenever a pharmaceutical company is liquidated, all of their drug patents immediately expire.

    • @Loveroffood41
      @Loveroffood41 8 месяцев назад

      I could not agree more. I hate how all the 1% think the rules don't apply to them. Everyone should watch Atlas shrugged part 3 cause of how much everything changes.

  • @theequalizer3381
    @theequalizer3381 Год назад +130

    I do not trust the Supreme Court to do the right thing...

    • @twill9278
      @twill9278 Год назад +10

      Not any more.

    • @karenneill9109
      @karenneill9109 Год назад +9

      I seriously doubt them, especially in this case.

    • @mannym1171
      @mannym1171 Год назад +11

      You’re not alone, especially when most of them are heavily compromised by the billionaires.

    • @TonyJay-qt8oe
      @TonyJay-qt8oe Год назад

      The majority nominated Republican SCOTUS
      aren't letting the people get away with
      the massive damage they caused America,
      while Democrats was gonna let them slide

    • @mrparts
      @mrparts Год назад +7

      I wouldn’t be surprised if they overreached again and declared that evil family as inmune from any prosecution at all without having to pay any money.

  • @penguin32383
    @penguin32383 Год назад +161

    This could be good, or it could be that the Sacklers took Thomas on a private vacation.

    • @leslieperkel5594
      @leslieperkel5594 Год назад

      I don't trust anything the current Supreme court decides.

    • @andresmiguelcervantes4818
      @andresmiguelcervantes4818 Год назад

      If this is SCOTUS corruption people better take notice.

    • @Rej-gc5zi
      @Rej-gc5zi Год назад

      The settlement would bar Sacklers from civil suits. This is probably a good thing

    • @kineticstar
      @kineticstar Год назад +16

      I'm better on the latter. This court is cooked.

    • @ChrisMusumeci-fu8ig
      @ChrisMusumeci-fu8ig Год назад

      TRUMP2024. Down with all commies

  • @basilkearsley2657
    @basilkearsley2657 Год назад +53

    GSK was fined $5B for the marketing of antidepressant to children that lead to 100 suicides. How can 100k be settled for $6B

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Год назад

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @cookielapaz8927
      @cookielapaz8927 Год назад

      I wonder how many government officials took bribes from Purdue Pharma so they could go on a killing spree. All big Pharma companies have been fined for paying bribes to government officials. Is the $6 billion just another bribe.

    • @definingstyle145
      @definingstyle145 Год назад +2

      100k a YEAR

  • @aaronbono4688
    @aaronbono4688 Год назад +13

    How does a sociopath get away with murder? They hide behind corporation.

  • @Slammy555
    @Slammy555 Год назад +19

    Lobbies paid to make their activities legal, you just need to make enough to pay the lawyers when you finally get caught. Our healthcare system is predatory.

  • @hugh261
    @hugh261 Год назад +62

    Google says there are 19,000 cities in the US. $6B divided by 19,000 is $315,789 per city on average. That just doesn't sound like enough.

    • @cocofluff
      @cocofluff Год назад +10

      There will be no money left for cities once all those lawyers get paid. And they always get paid first.

    • @justsaying3729
      @justsaying3729 Год назад +1

      ITS B.S. Call it what it is & no criminal charges & they are still very, very wealthy. So I guess it was worth it.... for THEM! They've got THE Supreme COURT IN THEIR POCKET. Why don't we just stop calling them the Supreme Court. I'd say, "the Rich People's Court." Definitely not for the people when you swear by something during your confirmation & then do something different once selected. What a Sham. RE: ROE v WADE! Thanks Moscow Mitch.

    • @MyUniqueVibe
      @MyUniqueVibe Год назад +2

      @@cocofluffat least we’ll get a cheque for a dollar each.

    • @lonewolfgames7779
      @lonewolfgames7779 Год назад +1

      ​@@MyUniqueVibeThat will probably get me to the next gas station......or maybe just halfway then I'll just have to foot it.

    • @anthonysharpcaptnarcissist4773
      @anthonysharpcaptnarcissist4773 Год назад

      What a absolute fucking joke…. Might as well go get my script back atleast then I can know I’m getting fucked again hahah

  • @radwulfeboraci7504
    @radwulfeboraci7504 Год назад +152

    Billionaires be helping billionaires.

    • @craigpoer
      @craigpoer Год назад +3

      Why do you think that? Maybe it was a bad deal. I bet they get more money for all the people that were harmed. 6 billion is nothing

    • @OBAMNASODA761
      @OBAMNASODA761 Год назад

      You realize that the Biden administration requested the SC to step in because they clearly see this as a god awful deal. More than likely the Sackler family is about to lose even more money

    • @plusmyname8357
      @plusmyname8357 Год назад +6

      This isnt helping the Sacklers. They were happy with the sweetheart deal they got. The SC is going to be much more punitive.

    • @luisostasuc8135
      @luisostasuc8135 Год назад

      Unfortunately, in the case of congress, it's a lot of millionaires carrying water for billionaires in the hope of gaining a few bucks of blood money

  • @mab2112
    @mab2112 Год назад +123

    Has the Sackler family paid for any private flights, vacations, golf outings, real estate or tickets to suites at sporting events for Clarence Thomas? that will determine how he votes.

    • @LackofFaithify
      @LackofFaithify Год назад

      At this point how can any reasonable person not go there in the first 10 seconds of the story. The court intervened...yes go on, tell us how many kids or grand kids have the Sackler's paid for to go to a school, or vacations taken or naz...historical museum pieces donated....

    • @justinfleming5119
      @justinfleming5119 Год назад +1

      What is the basis for this conspiracy theory of yours?

    • @glennthompson1971
      @glennthompson1971 Год назад

      @@justinfleming5119the fact that Clarence Thomas is reported to have taken gifts valued at millions of dollars from various conservative billionaires who were not his friends before he joined the supremes. Follow the money.

    • @judewick8885
      @judewick8885 Год назад

      @@justinfleming5119google Clarence Tomas bribes

    • @mab2112
      @mab2112 Год назад

      @@justinfleming5119 Q told me.

  • @skyerang3r276
    @skyerang3r276 Год назад +11

    If they faced EVERY civil lawsuit against them instead then maybe we can make them go bankrupt

  • @CarolineKitchen-jd3cg
    @CarolineKitchen-jd3cg Год назад +16

    It was also big pharma corporations, too. They were offering doctors all kinds of "prizes"... such as vacations. All ya gotta do is have a speaker or two and a venue.

    • @christinaslate1865
      @christinaslate1865 Год назад

      That’s all drugs . Check out ozempic . The manufacturer spent millions
      wining and dining doctors

  • @vjonas397
    @vjonas397 Год назад +143

    The way this is going…the people who need help will never get it. What a shame

    • @justsaying3729
      @justsaying3729 Год назад +1

      YOU MEAN "WHAT A SHAM" If the Supreme Court Justice(s) have been courting with these people the Sackler family Vacationing etc. Who do you think will win. Not the American people addicted to this crap.

    • @fpsOklahoma
      @fpsOklahoma Год назад

      French revolution is what we need.

    • @michelebella677
      @michelebella677 Год назад +6

      That’s exactly Clarence Thomas’s plan. Maybe if we sent him on a vacation he’d move it along quicker

    • @davidolsen1222
      @davidolsen1222 Год назад

      Yeah, pretty sure this is a really bad sign and the Sacklers will now keep all their money. Their sweetheart deal wasn't sweet enough so they paid off some justices.

    • @robertoveson3688
      @robertoveson3688 Год назад +3

      If you're rich you can go on recovery retreats overseas.the rest of us are screwed !

  • @greenjoygardens
    @greenjoygardens Год назад +111

    There was a really rich family on the ropes of course the Supreme Court stepped in.

    • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
      @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Год назад +16

      VOTE BLUE, a Democrat Senate and Congress is needed to right these wrongs

    • @UkraineNeeds
      @UkraineNeeds Год назад

      DrugAddicts areUpset

    • @andrewgocken517
      @andrewgocken517 Год назад +4

      ​@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cgremember click your heels when you salute.

    • @kbob2396
      @kbob2396 Год назад +9

      @@andrewgocken517 Why he isn't a Republican

    • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
      @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Год назад

      @@andrewgocken517 lol, where have you ever been, what would you know......no much obviously

  • @yt.personal.identification
    @yt.personal.identification Год назад +129

    Remember when they tried to say a "2 tiered justice system" was a lefty-righty difference - instead of a class thing.

    • @lonewolfgames7779
      @lonewolfgames7779 Год назад

      It's always been a class thing. The left and right are opposite sides of the same coin. They do not care for us peasants. Why do you think race and identity politics are in your face? It's to keep all normies fighting for so-called rights. You have privileges at best and either side can and will take them if need be unless......................

    • @piccalillipit9211
      @piccalillipit9211 Год назад

      NA "left" and "right" are fictions designed to distrect you freom the reality its ALWAYS rich V poor - always has been through history.

    • @yt.personal.identification
      @yt.personal.identification Год назад +8

      @repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Please don't suggest I have anything to repent for.
      That is disrespectful.
      Your religion doesn't make it any more acceptable to be rude.

    • @fractuss
      @fractuss Год назад +2

      They will keep saying it as long as the suckers buy it.

    • @thehellyousay
      @thehellyousay Год назад

      No one with 6+ digits in their bank account has any class.

  • @kcw1879
    @kcw1879 Год назад +48

    The supreme court decreed that corporations are legally people, but when they break the law, you'll never see ONE head of a corporation go to prison. Fining coprorations a fraction of the money they make when they break the law is a straight line to Autocracy.

    • @shanesimms3665
      @shanesimms3665 Год назад +2

      .... The head of a corporation and the corporation itself are separate entities. You literally just acknowledged that a corporation is considered a legal person but in the same sentence you want some other person to be jailed for lawbreaking by corporations.

    • @phoneuse4962
      @phoneuse4962 Год назад +2

      Then corporations can break the law - corporations already make the laws through the amount of direct influence they have over Congress, and indirect influence they have through PAC's

    • @kcw1879
      @kcw1879 Год назад +3

      @@shanesimms3665 Durp. The surpeme court said it not me. If someone owns a corporation, and makes billions; but is only fined millions even IF they are caught and successfully prosecuted; but the owner never sees the inside of a jail, that is an Autocracy. The company is considered a person, but the person who owns it is not considered the corporation (Wonderland logic).

    • @diabolical1976
      @diabolical1976 Год назад +1

      The law was passed as "corporations are legally people" so that the rich could donate all they wanted to their favorite politician that would pass bills/laws for them. After that, its not applicable.

    • @shanesimms3665
      @shanesimms3665 Год назад +3

      @@kcw1879 The head of a corporation does not own the corporation for one. For two, if the head of a corporation themselves breaks the law they can and do face jailtime via personal liability.

  • @philipibaugh2925
    @philipibaugh2925 Год назад +11

    This country is really disgusting on every level. It hurts me to say that about my place of birth but i know what it's like for these people because im one of them. I just don't have a claim because of my circumstances. Besides anyone who is on a medication for opiate abuse is still lining these companies pockets. A 30 day supply of Suboxone was $800 to fill in 2018 without insurance. So people get stuck on public assistance and the system finds a way to keep their foot on your neck even when trying to do the correct thing. It makes me wonder why I even try truthfully.

    • @t9056
      @t9056 Год назад +2

      ya making suboxone cheaper and easier is the only thing that would help...it cost me 600$ today

    • @stevenhenry5267
      @stevenhenry5267 Год назад

      America is a scam.

  • @ronaldbarrett1506
    @ronaldbarrett1506 Год назад +222

    These Perdue criminals need to be in prison. They ruined thousands of lives and families.

    • @MrMatt531
      @MrMatt531 Год назад +10

      Speaking of big pharma…
      Remember how, we the people, funded all the research for the Covid vaccine? If we didn’t, we never would have gotten a vaccine at all. Thank goodness we were able to do that!
      But….
      When is came to getting the vaccine out, who decided to make record profits off it while we all couldn’t work? That money BELONGS to the taxpayers and something needs to be done about that as well.

    • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
      @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Год назад +5

      Tens or Hundreds of Thousands

    • @guppygb6078
      @guppygb6078 Год назад +6

      @@MrMatt531 Yes, and it's a good thing we did. We saved a lot of lives. Do you agree? 🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @MrMatt531
      @MrMatt531 Год назад +1

      @@guppygb6078 I think yes and no to that. It’s kind of complicated for sure.

    • @chuckdeezy_313
      @chuckdeezy_313 Год назад +2

      ​@@guppygb6078 were not talking covid vaccines though🥴

  • @skmed83
    @skmed83 Год назад +38

    Dissolution and distribution of ALL assets to cover costs and repairs to the families and the institutions who have to clean up the mess that these people made. They appear to be worth some $13 Billion? Take it all. Any low-level drug dealer that gets caught has all of their assets seized. This should be no different. Get it done!

    • @rhythmetist
      @rhythmetist Год назад +4

      100% agree

    • @TheGingerDivine
      @TheGingerDivine Год назад +3

      It’s wild how we don’t use the same logic. Ah, the difference of being wealthy. Walking away still a billionaire from your crimes & no jail time…while we still have cannabis dealers in jail… #lastprisonerproject

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 Год назад +3

      100% in agreement.

    • @paulroland5053
      @paulroland5053 Год назад

      Preach!

  • @cory531
    @cory531 Год назад +73

    That's a shame, but at least Clarence Thomas's mom has a nice house.

    • @UkraineNeeds
      @UkraineNeeds Год назад

      DrugAddicts areUpset

    • @andrewgocken517
      @andrewgocken517 Год назад

      It's cause their black isn't it?

    • @johnmusser8925
      @johnmusser8925 Год назад

      How many does joey bribes own on the beach..and his grandkids

    • @mannym1171
      @mannym1171 Год назад +1

      Black Judas is heavily compromised. I have no faith in this Supreme Court

    • @hillsane9262
      @hillsane9262 Год назад

      ​​@@johnmusser8925WTF are you talking about! Neither Clarence or Harlan Crow deny that such things happened.

  • @DakilangAtsoy
    @DakilangAtsoy Год назад +35

    These companies can ask for bankruptcy to extinguish their billion $s debt but students can’t get their student loans forgiven. To think that the Supreme Court decided to help these corporations. We are just tired of the conspiracy of wealthy people against the poor.

    • @annakingry9157
      @annakingry9157 Год назад +1

      Welcome to Republican World!

    • @georgecarberry9222
      @georgecarberry9222 Год назад

      Blame the appointment of crooked judges to this court on Trump. These judges are for the wealthy, period. Until we get more democratic judges on the court we'll see the wealthy continue to skate. The Sacklers are guilty of murder many times over. They should all go to prison. Of course, addicts must also take responsibility for their own addictions. You have to take the pills to become addicted to them, after all. There is a point when every person knows to stop putting crap into their body. If you ignore the warnings or take the meds to get high the consequences can be your life.

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 Год назад

      @@annakingry9157 Where even the Democrats are Republicans. Meanwhile the solicitor general last month sent a brief to SCOTUS arguing why a law Congress passed to allow the Feds to be sued should be made into a judicial trap.

  • @mikechilders2755
    @mikechilders2755 Год назад +6

    THIS Supreme Court will likely award a huge give away to big pharma and let the Saclers off the hook forever!
    Investigative journalist need to look VERY CLOSELY at all “justices” and find money funneled to each justice and their families from big pharma!!!

  • @davidtrindle6473
    @davidtrindle6473 Год назад +120

    With millions of victims I would think the settlement would be in the tens or hundreds of billions, not a measly 6 billion spread across all these victims. What is each individual victim going to get? A happy meal?

    • @CarsCatAliens
      @CarsCatAliens Год назад +19

      From what I remember reading a while back, the money is going to states. The state decides To either spend it on drug education, treatment centers,or to the law enforcement offices dealing with drug cases,stings and whatnot. Of course it's going to go to cops. They generate revenue for the state.

    • @Boo4269
      @Boo4269 Год назад +23

      The victims won't get a cent!

    • @onikin
      @onikin Год назад +2

      Would be nice, but that amount of assets between both the company and families, does not exist.
      It can do a lot of good for future help to addicts and such, if not squandered on jailing people ($40,000/yr+police enforcement) or something.
      But $2,000 per person (3M estimated) was never the deal and wouldn't help much as a direct payment anyway.

    • @LetsTalkAboutPrepping
      @LetsTalkAboutPrepping Год назад +3

      ​@@onikinit could also fund the courts to expedite death row appeals so we can start fixing the crime problems

    • @CarsCatAliens
      @CarsCatAliens Год назад +8

      @@onikin I've seen a lot of federal cases involving drs, pharmacist, as well as pharmacy supply companies. These people are getting sweetheart sentences. What REALLY should happen (this is a charge in NJ) is they get charged for strick liability for a drug death. This old law was created to get sentencing for kingpin and high level dealers who didn't directly sell to someone and they od'd but for them indirectly causing death by supplying someone one who did sell to someone who died as a result of their selling. Many of these folks were responsible for so many deaths, and destruction of families,towns,cities,counties, states. The rich never pay their fair share when it comes to sentencing

  • @AlbertJimenezLCSW
    @AlbertJimenezLCSW Год назад +305

    How dare they pretend to be acting of the best interests of those affected by the opioid pandemic.

    • @kennethc2466
      @kennethc2466 Год назад +1

      ..."but weed is a killer, not pollution, plastics, pesticides in the water, oil, fracking, and our designed breath of BS against the worker who make America function!"
      The US Supreme court of criminals, grifters, and snowflakes

    • @47ravenlord
      @47ravenlord Год назад +7

      There is no "opioid epidemic/Pandemic". There are irresponsible adults taking dangerous amounts of a dangerous drug, knowing every risk involved, and expiring. There is no victim. There is only action and consequence. Self accountability is a thing that used to be important and you can't go after companies because a friend or relative deciding to take extreme risks and pay an extreme price.

    • @goUkraine
      @goUkraine Год назад

      @@47ravenlord I disagree. Tens of thousands of patients became addicted to pain medications while on a Dr.'s care, taking the meds AS PRESCRIBED. This is not about drug abuse (although there was certainly some of that). This is about a big pharma company that intentionally marketed opioids while minimizing the risks. Down in Mexico and other S American countries they even had dancing pills on TV as their advertising. Seriously.

    • @furiousapplesack
      @furiousapplesack Год назад

      Capital must be protected at all costs, as usual. And of course, there are bootlicking sycophants who will defend this massive corporation knowingly lying about the addictive nature of their drug, covering up that knowledge, getting caught doing that, and then blaming their victims. Just POS humans, every one of them.

    • @caroleeb1997
      @caroleeb1997 Год назад +8

      @@47ravenlord Ask the local ME about your "opinion"

  • @ryanwaege7251
    @ryanwaege7251 Год назад +45

    Money can never repair what has been lost. Trust in the moral fabric of our courts has eroded and the rich have been off the menu for far too long.

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Год назад

      🙄

    • @cookielapaz8927
      @cookielapaz8927 Год назад

      400,000 murders should qualify the Purdue Pharma gangsters the death penalty.

    • @lightenough
      @lightenough Год назад +1

      @@deadmanswife3625 guessing you don't know anyone that has been affected by this or have no heart?

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Год назад

      @@lightenough decisions

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Год назад

      @@lightenough free will

  • @mikethomas860
    @mikethomas860 Год назад +8

    So many Pharmacy companies knew what was happening and prioritized money over the safety of the public.

  • @jpeso413
    @jpeso413 Год назад +3

    Only thing that will happen is they'll rule to have to pay less and limit any damages to the sacklers. Make me sick..

  • @jayjacobson3057
    @jayjacobson3057 Год назад +12

    A corrupt 🤑upreme Court 😢

  • @auroraheidialis
    @auroraheidialis Год назад +6

    Any other high level drug dealer would be in max prison. Throw them in prison and take all their money. Split it between communities and the families affected.

  • @paulmain2635
    @paulmain2635 Год назад +10

    The SCOTUS are on holiday with the sackler family. You can bet there will be DELAY, DELAY, DELAY.

  • @succatash
    @succatash Год назад +6

    This sets a precedent a big one.
    $6 billion is a tiny figure for what is truly needed.

    • @rosemarieroth1984
      @rosemarieroth1984 Год назад

      It is Shameful to let the Sacklers basically walk away from the carnage they created. HOLD THE SACKLERS FULLY ACCOUNTABLE

  • @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
    @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Год назад +5

    Amazed it ever got to the court - the scumbags who negotiated this outrageous deal should have been whipped. Sacklers need to end up behind bars.

  • @nepenthesBicalcarata5666
    @nepenthesBicalcarata5666 Год назад +18

    Sounds like the supreme court should listen to this. The sacks shouldn’t be allowed to get away with there deaths they profited from.

    • @nomore6167
      @nomore6167 Год назад +2

      "The sacks shouldn’t be allowed to get away with there deaths they profited from" - This Supreme Court will guarantee that they do. I am quite confident that this is designed to protect them, not to punish them or hold them accountable.

    • @cookielapaz8927
      @cookielapaz8927 Год назад

      God is listening to the suffering people and their families plus He knows about the 400,000 who were murdered.

    • @nomore6167
      @nomore6167 Год назад +1

      @@cookielapaz8927 "God is listening to the suffering people and their families plus He knows about the 400,000 who were murdered" - Oh yeah? So if he's all-powerful, then why didn't he prevent that suffering and death in the first place? Sounds like he's a sadistic entity that doesn't deserve the worship he receives.

  • @sms3037
    @sms3037 Год назад +37

    It is fairer to take away all commercially generated profits and use them for (preventive) addiction care and compensation to the (surviving relatives of) victims. Wrongly filing for bankruptcy to secure personal/family capital can be seen as bankruptcy fraud in the Netherlands where I come from this is punishable........

    • @rosemarieroth1984
      @rosemarieroth1984 Год назад +4

      Sadly, wealth rules in the U.S,....not common sense. Go Netherlands :)

    • @devilsson6660
      @devilsson6660 Год назад

      Florida has a bigger population than the Netherlands and we still have 49 other states to go, so your comparison of anything to USA is just trivial

    • @jenkem4464
      @jenkem4464 Год назад

      @@devilsson6660 It's about the principle you moron. Prosecute criminals. Stop criminal behaviour and ways to skirt responsibility. The company is clearly not bankrupt and the only reason they are filing for bankruptcy is because they want to shelter the money from what they owe. That's corruption plain and simple.

    • @sms3037
      @sms3037 Год назад +4

      @@devilsson6660 Size doesn't matter....
      That is why a strong federal government is a requirement in this case. Especially since the opioid crisis transcend all counties and states. If these people get away with a settlement and legal release from their responsibility, there is no question of equal rights imo. This creates gut feelings among almost every population group. The US is still experiencing the negative consequences of the 2016 presidential election results fueled only by fear and these gut feelings. "We for the people", should not be or be: "We for the super rich"!

    • @devilsson6660
      @devilsson6660 Год назад

      @@sms3037 ok

  • @cashaeleatemla
    @cashaeleatemla Год назад +27

    In recent years, a growing number of companies including wealthy firms such as Johnson & Johnson have attempted to use bankruptcy maneuvers to limit their legal liability.
    Typically wealthy firms or individuals attempt to pay into bankruptcy deals, offering cash in exchange for protections from lawsuits. Members of Congress from both parties have condemned the strategy.

    • @cashaeleatemla
      @cashaeleatemla Год назад

      In May of this year, the 2nd circuit court of appeals in New York validated the Purdue Pharma-Sackler deal. At the time members of the Sackler family praised the outcome. Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty twice to federal criminal charges relating to opioid sales and marketing, but the Sacklers have never been charged with crimes.
      Oxycontin is widely blamed by public health experts for helping ignite the opioid crisis that's claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S., with more than 80,000 deaths linked to opioids in 2022 alone.

    • @Boo4269
      @Boo4269 Год назад

      This is exactly what they're doing. They already "Rebranded" the company it is now named "Knoa Pharma" as of September 2021

    • @justsaying3729
      @justsaying3729 Год назад +6

      Just like tax loops. They learned how to play the game & remain Rich. & American people don't get it & don't Vote. Just amazing.

    • @cookielapaz8927
      @cookielapaz8927 Год назад

      Pacific Gas & Electric got away with filing bankruptcy to avoid over $100 million fine for killing people because of shoddy maintenance. Filing bankruptcy to avoid paying a debt is supposedly illegal. PG&E was never delinquent on their debt payments how could the judge justify the bankruptcy.

    • @cashaeleatemla
      @cashaeleatemla Год назад

      @@justsaying3729 yep

  • @doctorcereza
    @doctorcereza Год назад +5

    It's true--We have the best Supreme Court that money can buy.

  • @mariequinn370
    @mariequinn370 Год назад +7

    I want to see them in jail serving time!

  • @grimdolo918
    @grimdolo918 Год назад +20

    "A despicable wealthy family's money is in trouble!? SCOTUS to the rescue!"

  • @DCell1961
    @DCell1961 Год назад +4

    If they are worth 13 billion and were going to pay out 6 billion, in what world are they bankrupt?

  • @cheechola4749
    @cheechola4749 Год назад +62

    With this scotus, there’s an even chance Clarence will just take the money himself and go on vacation.

    • @johnmusser8925
      @johnmusser8925 Год назад +5

      So glad crackhead hunter and Joey bribes are clean lmao

    • @hillsane9262
      @hillsane9262 Год назад

      ​@@johnmusser8925whatever this ignorance is suppoed to mean. They have no say in a case! Your boy Clarence does. Weather chasing Hunters alleged couple of million Jared Kushner got billions from Saudi Arabia. You think that's only up-and-up?

    • @WheelerRickRambles
      @WheelerRickRambles Год назад +1

      😂true!

    • @LackofFaithify
      @LackofFaithify Год назад

      He's done a good job, he deserves a small tip.

    • @lewieanderson6579
      @lewieanderson6579 Год назад +1

      6 billion ain't nothing nowadays

  • @cannaboisshow9875
    @cannaboisshow9875 Год назад +5

    Good! So many of us were left out of the original settlement! We ALL deserve to be heard. I’ve lost a husband and a brother to Purdue. Justice for ALL

  • @elongatedpikachu4029
    @elongatedpikachu4029 Год назад +6

    Doesn’t matter what you do if you know people on high places, you don’t deal with the consequences of your actions.

  • @tracymorgan5386
    @tracymorgan5386 Год назад +105

    Of course they blocked it certain members on the court don’t want to offend their billionaire friends.

    • @samuelhunt7693
      @samuelhunt7693 Год назад +6

      Rich taking care of the rich!!!!

    • @shortnessoftime8783
      @shortnessoftime8783 Год назад +2

      @tracymorgan5386 - to whom are you inferring??

    • @rambojambone4586
      @rambojambone4586 Год назад

      Save it.

    • @WheelerRickRambles
      @WheelerRickRambles Год назад +1

      Political donations and all the other benys, etc.

    • @lponm
      @lponm Год назад

      You people seem really confused. The settlement benefits the Sackler family and lawyers more than the victims. If the supreme court invalidates the settlement the family is on the hook for more money not less, to pay every single victim instead of cutting a deal with the states.

  • @darrenengels9584
    @darrenengels9584 Год назад +73

    In this time, the question is what relationship do these billionaires have with corrupt supreme court justices and their wives? Let's get the investigation started early.

    • @LetsTalkAboutPrepping
      @LetsTalkAboutPrepping Год назад +2

      You'll find it's every single politician in our government

    • @DCell1961
      @DCell1961 Год назад +6

      I'm curious which justice Leonard Leo set the Sacklers up with.

    • @Volf1916
      @Volf1916 Год назад

      As there are no actual ethics regulations or rules that the justices have to follow, why not let everyone know?

    • @JeepCherokeeful
      @JeepCherokeeful Год назад

      Welcome to the world you might have voted for...

  • @judithkornfeld3529
    @judithkornfeld3529 Год назад +52

    So awful for the victims

    • @Ashakat42
      @Ashakat42 Год назад +4

      I am one of those victims, and I hate this deal. They need to go to jail, and the money needs to go to the people harmed, not to the states. I am happy that we are going to see the ins and outs of this case. We, the people, deserve to see the sausage being made in this deal.

    • @kingbullyrock8739
      @kingbullyrock8739 Год назад

      @@Ashakat42
      Don't blame others for your own stupidity of abusing drugs.

    • @phillipellison4758
      @phillipellison4758 Год назад

      where did you get pain meds ? Many patients are wondering & suffering. @@Ashakat42

  • @ShyLuna44
    @ShyLuna44 Год назад +12

    I’ve been on oxy’s for 15 years now for numerous chronic pain issues. My life would be destroyed if I wasn’t on these drugs. I’m afraid cause of over prescribing etc people like myself will be punished even further than we have been. I go through drug checks, my meds are released every 2 weeks only, everything is very regulated even 15 years later. Yet my dose has been decreased lessening my quality of life. It’s not fair that people who actually need these drugs to survive are the ones ultimately who will be punished. I just want to be able to be able to clean my house without major pain, grocery shop without wishing I’d die, it seems to be to much to ask at this point.

    • @davidtrindle6473
      @davidtrindle6473 Год назад +2

      I’m sorry this has happened to you and to so many other people in pain.

    • @christinaslate1865
      @christinaslate1865 Год назад +4

      Same . I agree with you 100 percent and honestly I’m so thankful for the years I was on Oxy . They never tell the story of the millions who weren’t abusing or addicted.

  • @surfdocer103
    @surfdocer103 Год назад +9

    One of the reasons that I retired my medical license was the incredible difficulty encountered when trying to get patients, who were WELL known to me and had been patients for decades, adequate relief for intense pain. Deplorable.

    • @davidtrindle6473
      @davidtrindle6473 Год назад

      You mean over all the years you prescribed opiates to your patients you never noticed they have difficulty discontinuing the drugs?

    • @down-to-earth-mystery-school
      @down-to-earth-mystery-school Год назад

      @@davidtrindle6473no, he said that it’s very difficult to find anything that manages the severe pain some people experience. I’m so be of them and verify. Anything you take that’s strong enough to alleviate the pain, will come with even worse side effects.

    • @carrieullrich5059
      @carrieullrich5059 Год назад +2

      No, people actually in chronic pain are required to suffer in America, rather than get any pain relief, because some doctors were irresponsible... When we should be treating people in actual pain.

    • @robertadams8192
      @robertadams8192 Год назад +1

      @@davidtrindle6473 Where does he say that?

    • @luisostasuc8135
      @luisostasuc8135 Год назад +1

      The point is that done people were able to manage their medications without issue and were kept from accessing it because of how Purdue pushed the drug on people who didn't need it.
      Terminal patients also had trouble getting medication because of how poorly new rules were written and enforced.

  • @terencecampbell4770
    @terencecampbell4770 Год назад +33

    I would think the people that prescribe the meds would be held accountable too

    • @UkraineNeeds
      @UkraineNeeds Год назад

      DrugAddicts areUpset

    • @easyranger6898
      @easyranger6898 Год назад +5

      Yes they should. Opiates have been known to be wildly, dangerously addictive for all of human civilization and nothing has ever contradicted that. A doctor has the least possible excuse for thinking otherwise because they would not only know that it is addictive, but the exact mechanisms through it causes addiction.

    • @Greenitthe
      @Greenitthe Год назад +6

      In a number of cases they have been, the difference being doctors have seen the inside of prison cells, the Sackler's have not.

    • @kkeelty64
      @kkeelty64 Год назад +7

      Opiod prescribers were told *repeatedly* that Purdue's painkiller was different, with a near-zero chance of addiction, because it was continuous release (the "Contin" in OxyContin).

    • @hillsane9262
      @hillsane9262 Год назад

      ​@@kkeelty64LOL! If you had a Phil male you knew better than that!

  • @Finnador
    @Finnador Год назад +40

    None of the lawsuit money would've have went to the disabled victims or the families of those that died. It would have quickly disappeared into the hands of opportunistic 'administrators'. "The rich get richer".

    • @Farfetch_
      @Farfetch_ Год назад +3

      Just like all the money that goes into homeless shelters 😂

    • @saturday1066
      @saturday1066 Год назад

      @@Farfetch_ how much money?

    • @Farfetch_
      @Farfetch_ Год назад

      @@saturday1066 millions and government workers pay themselves first off that. Do I really gotta explain it ???

    • @saturday1066
      @saturday1066 Год назад

      @@Farfetch_ YOU WIN for stupidest thing written on SM I've ever seen: "government workers pay themselves". you embarrass yourself.
      gov workers have a set salary. even gov lawyers.
      *_do I really have to explain that??_*
      seriously, learn how US fed gov works before you post another self-humiliation

  • @AshIeyyy
    @AshIeyyy Год назад +37

    If they get away with being a major factor in causing the opioid crisis, the next "family" will do even worse.

    • @justsaying3729
      @justsaying3729 Год назад +3

      But if they loss everything they had, that would be REAL JUSTICE. Literally destroyed Lives. While they are still enjoying theirs. They knew they had it in the bag when they got the SCOTUS in their pockets. Oh, what a luxury vacation can buy. I wish "he" could go to Prison.

    • @Boo4269
      @Boo4269 Год назад +1

      Next family? These people will do it again! they are filing bankruptcy for this company but their only "rebranding" the company under a different name -KNOA PHARMA!

  • @fractuss
    @fractuss Год назад +9

    That the justice system stood by and watched this happen instead of nipping it in the bud is the true injustice. THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE!

    • @alterculture
      @alterculture Год назад

      Then multiply that by the over 30,000 man made chemicals that get into our bodies just breathing the air and drinking the water.

  • @piccalillipit9211
    @piccalillipit9211 Год назад +15

    *AS A EUROPEAN* I simply can not conceive that the government has not stepped in and provided the billions needed to sort this hideous problem out

    • @christinaslate1865
      @christinaslate1865 Год назад +2

      The govt is involved since they approved the drug

    • @ColinPMcEvoy
      @ColinPMcEvoy Год назад

      Because our government could give a shit less. Most of them are hooked on the same meds and/or getting ridiculous amounts of donations and perks from big pharma.
      I guarantee behind the scenes the question is “how are they responsible, addiction is a sickness.”
      They won’t say anything about how Purdue Pharma PUSHED these drugs KNOWING how they would effect people and THEY DID IT FOR MONEY.

    • @ey67
      @ey67 Год назад

      The government was paid off to let it slide

  • @chuckdeezy_313
    @chuckdeezy_313 Год назад +5

    How about some good old fashioned criminal convictions? prison time??

  • @-in-the-meantime...
    @-in-the-meantime... Год назад +5

    Congrats scotus on the new vacation packages. I'd imagine having Purdue cater lunches would be too obvious?

  • @billroberts9182
    @billroberts9182 Год назад +5

    All those lawyers circling that huge pile of money.

  • @frederickwelham3829
    @frederickwelham3829 Год назад +5

    Clarence Thomas to Purdue Pharma: " You can either pay a $6billion dollar settlement or take me on a $ million vacation so you don't have to."

  • @rebeccasciutto2722
    @rebeccasciutto2722 Год назад +3

    Sad thing is none of the money is going to the victims and their families. Giving it to governments is only enriching their pockets not the individuals who need it. Just like the tobacco settlements the government just spent that money on pet projects not to actually help anybody. Don't give it law enforcement because they aren't trying to actually help anyone.

  • @GameFanTime
    @GameFanTime Год назад +17

    they made over 10 billion they want to pay 6 billion .... says it all

    • @heatherpayne1995
      @heatherpayne1995 Год назад

      They were trying to get out of paying the six billion after they settled for that amount. Bunch of frauds.

  • @jracer7189
    @jracer7189 Год назад +4

    The crazier thing is Purdue isn’t the only one doing what they did

  • @concernedrn2844
    @concernedrn2844 Год назад +5

    Each Sackler and their associates should have to work in addiction center taking care of their victims, then stung up.
    Such evil people

  • @kk4649k
    @kk4649k Год назад +1

    Victim’s family wants them to go to jail. It’s not the money. That’s what the rich people that were bought out want it to happen. Including this Ohio’s AG.

  • @bradg.5253
    @bradg.5253 Год назад +1

    I am not trying to be ruthless but here is my take: most opioids should be prescribed on a short term basis. While I do not condone the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, how many of these opioid overdoses were from medications illegally obtained? Physicians who over prescribed should be held accountable, but how many people became addicted to opioids who never received a formal opioid prescription? The accountability of the Sackler family, big pharma, and physicians can only go so far. With cases like this, the true victims hardly ever see a penny owed to them. Maybe I am just jaded.

  • @johnduncan4725
    @johnduncan4725 Год назад +8

    Amazing how quickly cases are convened when wanted

  • @DaveMiller2
    @DaveMiller2 Год назад +4

    Someone who benefits from the settlement made a phone call and now Clarence Thomas has hit pieces coming out about him.

  • @tikibug9776
    @tikibug9776 Год назад +22

    So if I hire big lawyers and stall the case as much as possible, I can force the authorities to declare me without fault as long as I pay a fat bribe?
    It would also be smart to give some money to mouthpieces to go on talk shows and insist that the money is needed NOW and we should compromise at any cost.

    • @cocofluff
      @cocofluff Год назад

      All those greedy lawyers saw a big pay day, the Sacklers sit on their money and avoid prison and the victims get what little is left. Meantime oxy is still out there killing people and future victims will not be able to sue when the 6 billion runs out. Shame.

    • @logansmall5148
      @logansmall5148 Год назад +3

      I know people that were working as commercial fishermen in Alaska when the Exxon Valdez oil spill happened.... They are still waiting on their settlement checks 40 years later. When it comes to big corporations the only money they ever pay is to politicians and judges to look the way.

    • @Boo4269
      @Boo4269 Год назад

      Exactly. Haven't we compromised! Think of all the people how have serious pain management needs that no longer have access to anything that works for pain because of the crap these people did. The irresponsibly.willingly, and knowingly worked with doctors and pharmacies to create the crisis that has caused suffering to so many that have never had any addiction at all. Yet their rights are violated and they're forced to suffer in pain every day just to stop a problem their not even part of! Those are the people I feel for the most!

    • @tikibug9776
      @tikibug9776 Год назад

      @@logansmall5148 This is a question of criminal justice, not just compensation. If they are allowed to get away clean with this abomination, there will be severe long term consequences.

  • @edwardrichardson7076
    @edwardrichardson7076 Год назад +1

    Jail the Sacklers!!!

  • @redjacks09
    @redjacks09 Год назад +5

    guess they forgot to take a certain someone on luxury vacations

  • @sweetiepie4041
    @sweetiepie4041 Год назад +23

    It's interesting how all these cases are getting to the supreme Court so quickly 😅

    • @michelebella677
      @michelebella677 Год назад

      This has been in the hands of the Supreme Court for over a decade

  • @Black.Irishman
    @Black.Irishman Год назад +4

    Sounds like the Supreme Court and Justice Thomas is earning another luxurious personal trip for putting their thumb on the scale.

  • @coushaodonovan4932
    @coushaodonovan4932 Год назад +1

    This goes to show that once again the law will protect these monsters the Sackler family

  • @danacasale7381
    @danacasale7381 Год назад +1

    There is the key to why state governments are upset over this falling threw, it stops money going to the states.

  • @webmediafactors4
    @webmediafactors4 Год назад +8

    Seems like the SCOTUS, being where we divest much of our wisdom as a society, should look at the prospect of whether there would be any money at all for victims after enough time lapses. For example, tie the case up in courts for 20 years ... gives them plenty of time to get creative about how to move around those assets.

    • @Black.Irishman
      @Black.Irishman Год назад

      yeah no money to the victims but instant cash in the back pockets of the Supreme Court Justices...

  • @manderson3231
    @manderson3231 Год назад +7

    Who's fighting for the people that need the pain medicine to help them through each day, because they are in excruciating pain?? Who's fighting for them??

  • @jayleeper1512
    @jayleeper1512 Год назад +2

    My guess is they will let Purdue off, give the Sacklers full immunity from civil litigation and then accept bribes from them. Thomas has set the bar on this one.

  • @BigHunt206
    @BigHunt206 Год назад +1

    This is another win for America!!

  • @DuelingBongos
    @DuelingBongos Год назад +1

    $600 billion sounds about right.

  • @bobcratchet3736
    @bobcratchet3736 Год назад +28

    Looks like footing the bill for Justice Thomas’s baller lifestyle is paying off.

    • @jacobi-p8k
      @jacobi-p8k Год назад

      @@thecozysleeper477 lmao u snowflakes get triggered so easily. remember when it was trump 2020? in a couple years it'll be 2028 LMAOOOO

    • @agf1700
      @agf1700 Год назад +5

      @@thecozysleeper477I really really hope TRUMPY is the Republican Nominee. All but guarantees a Biden win.

    • @andrewgocken517
      @andrewgocken517 Год назад

      So jealous of the more ambitious

    • @andrewgocken517
      @andrewgocken517 Год назад

      ​@@agf1700you voted for an old, rich white man that's been in government for 50 years. Lmgdfao@you

    • @nomore6167
      @nomore6167 Год назад +2

      ​@@KayZee-xo4fd "It's always easier to take focus off the issue and press the black guy its the American way" - It's always easier to play the race card when you don't have a legitimate rebuttal.

  • @marilynnschroeder4436
    @marilynnschroeder4436 Год назад +8

    It’s not “us” doing it to ourselves, it’s a lack of accountability in Pharmaceutical/Oversight. They’re in bed with each other and money talks!

    • @neilbiggs1353
      @neilbiggs1353 Год назад +1

      To be fair to the FDA, they are horrifically underfunded. They had a fairly brutal budget cut under Reagan with the argument that their approval process was delaying vital drugs getting to patients IIRC. In most of the developed world, there are multiple agencies doing the tasks that fall under the purview of the FDA. Even if you stopped people jumping from the FDA to Food and Pharma companies at the end of their tenure, you'd still have to deal with the issue that they just can't do what they are meant to without a sizeable addition of funds, personnel and possibly legislation

    • @annakingry9157
      @annakingry9157 Год назад

      Vote Blue!

  • @makin086
    @makin086 Год назад +3

    I really hope that this family gets what they deserve. But i'm not gonna hold my breath.

  • @bizzmoneyb
    @bizzmoneyb Год назад +1

    yet another example that the rich don't go to jail.. even though this family is literally responsible for STARTING the addictions of millions and millions of people. bonuses to doctors for prescribing higher doses?!! disgusting.

  • @arasb3258
    @arasb3258 Год назад +2

    The only time I clicked on a CNN / "mostly peaceful riot" link.
    Actual good reporting for once.

  • @tonykaze
    @tonykaze Год назад +5

    "this is is doing it to ourselves"
    NO IT ISN'T.
    It's billionaires doing it to the working class. They're not us.