- The Sackler family (worth $13 billion), owners of Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma (creator of OxyContin opioid painkiller), faces lawsuits for misleading doctors and users.
- Purdue falsely marketed Oxy as less addictive than generic painkillers.
- New York and Connecticut have already sued Purdue for overdose deaths.
- There are more than 1,200 state, local, and county lawsuits nationwide against the Sacklers, with some prosecutors considering criminal charges.
- Since 2002, the US opioid crisis has generated $1 trillion in lost productivity and healthcare costs.
