News OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty on criminal charges including anti-kickback law, and defrauding the U.S. Xeni Jardin
health Prosecutors and federal judges collaborate with corporations to seal evidence of public safety risks, sentencing hundreds of thousands of Americans to death Cory Doctorow
law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow
law The billionaire family who profited off the opioid epidemic are finally facing legal reprisals Cory Doctorow
corruption The Sackler Family: best known for philanthropy, they made billions promoting Oxycontin Cory Doctorow
Business How a pharma company made billions off mass murder by faking the science on Oxycontin Cory Doctorow
Sackler Drug Cartel Q: Why did cops bust this family-run business? A: Because they were making meth Mark Frauenfelder
Sackler Drug Cartel Federal judge throws out settlement that shielded villainous Sackler drug family Mark Frauenfelder
Drug families Opioid-pushing Sackler family pays to get off the hook and gets to keep billions Mark Frauenfelder
corruption Doctors who take pharma industry freebies prescribe more of their benefactors' drugs Cory Doctorow
corruption A former pharma rep explains how the industry pushes doctors to overprescribe Cory Doctorow
murder Leaks reveal how the "Pitbull of PR" helped Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers ignite the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow