Episode 127: The Sackler Family & The Opioid Crisis
Episode 127: The Sackler Family & The Opioid Crisis  
Podcast: The Fact Hunter
Published On: Thu Dec 01 2022
Description: The Sackler family is an American family who founded and owned the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin. Purdue Pharma has been criticized for its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States. They have been described as the "most evil family in America","drug dealers" and "the worst drug dealers in history". The Sackler family has been profiled in various media, including the documentary Crime of the Century on HBO, the book Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, and the 2021 Hulu mini-series Dopesick.