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Sinister Sisters
Kat + Shrimp
57 episodes
3 days ago
Two sisters discussing true crime and other stories that will make your grandma clutch her pearls.
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Two sisters discussing true crime and other stories that will make your grandma clutch her pearls.
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Documentary
Society & Culture
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How one family almost single handedly cause the opioid crisis
Sinister Sisters
51 minutes 50 seconds
2 years ago
How one family almost single handedly cause the opioid crisis

The Sackler Family were long known for their philanthropic endeavors in the arts and worlds, and were highly respected in American high society. Until reports started to come about about their prescription drug being linked to more and more overdose deaths. The family did all they could to dispute the rumors. Until their house of very expensive cards fell.

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Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/10/1085174528/sackler-opioid-victims

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news-medical.net/amp/health/Drug-Patents-and-Generics.aspx

https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/does_prevention_save_money_that.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/06/us-opioids-crisis-richard-sackler-purdue-pharma

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/3/1/finnie-sackler-opioid-denaming/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60610707.amp

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022AG0044-001031

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/overdoses-continue-fuel-sales-sacklers-100036656.html

https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/ct-waits-95-million-oxycontin-maker-purdue-17804263.php#photo-22149907

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11826637/amp/Karma-catches-big-pharma.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11826637/amp/Karma-catches-big-pharma.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/opioid-crisis-settlements-have-totaled-over-50-billion-how-is-that-money-being-used/

https://www.opioidsettlementtracker.com/settlementspending/#faq2

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/benzodiazepine-abuse#1

Sinister Sisters
Two sisters discussing true crime and other stories that will make your grandma clutch her pearls.