The opioid crisis has been called the worst drug disaster in US history: more than 860,000 dead, about 10 million people with addiction, more than 300,000 children who lost their parents. One of its main culprits is the Sackler family, the owners of the company.
Purdue Pharma. This is a family of billionaires, whose name has graced the walls of the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harvard, and today has become a symbol of lies and greed. How did three doctor brothers build a pharmaceutical empire? What does this have to do with the Apollo 11 astronauts?
Why didn't the state pay attention to the disaster for years?