How Did the American Medical Establishment Go Along With the Ssacklers?

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The medical establishment, i think, was seduced. Perdu farma would spend as much as nine million dollars a year just to buy food for doctors. So it was really a kind of full spectrum assault on the medical profession. We've seen correction in terms of doctors reevaluating how they prescribe opioids. And there may be patients suffering from terrible pain who now worry about access.

How did one family become associated with an epidemic of drug addiction that has caused the death of almost half a million people? In this episode, award-winning writer and author of Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Hannah Kuchler, the FT’s global pharmaceutical correspondent about how he uncovered fresh material on the Sacklers and discovered a modern parable of greed, corruption and cynical philanthropy. To buy the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/empire-of-pain-the-secret-history-of-the-sackler-dynasty-patrick-keefe-subscribers/

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