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Part One: The Sackler Family: America's Deadliest Drug Dealers

Behind the Bastards

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OxyContin

Purdue CEO Richard Sackler wanted to sell OxyContin as an uncontrolled painkiller. In most countries, narcotic pain relievers are regulated as controlled substances because of the potential for abuse. "I just wonder what would have happened if it was opened up to generic markets? It would have been even more abuse"

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