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Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have given the Sackler family immunity | CNN Politics

www.cnn.com Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have given the Sackler family immunity | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims.

Ok, still a ways to go before celebration, but we're trending in the right direction. So, I'm choosing optimism.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims.
The case arose after the reorganization in bankruptcy of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma – stemming from litigation arising from claims over its role in fueling the opioid addiction crisis.
Until recently, Purdue was controlled by the Sackler family, who withdrew billions of dollars from the company before it filed for bankruptcy.
They're so beyond the "Eat the Rich" side of things. They've committed so much evil and blood on their hands

Sounds like the Sacklers forgot to buy some vacations for SC justices.
- There's still time, the SC blocked it so they could consider the case, not because they actually have a problem with it.

They need to be held criminally accountable. Heads need to roll on this one.
- Given the amount of time that the justices spend holidaying with billionaires what’s the bet that they side with their mates?

Just for a comparison:
Fatal opioid overdoses and opioid use disorder cost the United States $1.02 trillion in 2017. The most complete accounting to date of America’s opioid crisis was released by CDC in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Costs for spending on health care, opioid use disorder treatment, criminal justice, and lost work productivity, as well as estimates of cost for lost quality of life and lives lost were computed in this study.
And they have the audacity to say how much these $6 billion will help and how dare to delay that help. That's less than a drop in the ocean.
- I think that’s the thing that got me - the spokesperson’s response. “They are withholding help…” like yeah from the damage that your company (and the family who ran it) inflicted and is trying to escape any actual responsibility from.
  I hope that they reverse the immunity. I don’t hold much hope from this court but I can light a candle for this one.
- Devil's advocate -
  Cost the United States $1.02 trillion
  *Has been valued at $1.02 trillion by medical companies but is probably about $4 million to be fair 😂
  Edit - please see below for an visual example of how difficult Americans find sarcasm
  
  They probably account for how much people would have added to the GDP without their premature deaths.
  
  Rehab costs about $30k for 28 days. As if the hundreds of thousands of deaths and overdoses per year weren't enough. Suboxone is $700+ per month just for the pills, not including seeing the doctor monthly and random drug tests. Methadone's not cheap either. Then there's secondary health issues like sepsis, MRSA, HIV, hepatitis, heart problems, pregnancy issues, withdrawal, DUI injuries/deaths etc.
  The list goes on and on and on and on. I wouldn't be surprised if a trillion barely covered it.

The fact that Purdue is saying “this is the best plan and everyone says so” tells me all I need to know. I just hope that when the case is heard, the outcome will better AND the Sack-of-shit-ler family is held accountable. You can’t claim ignorance on the opioid epidemic and run a business the way they did to directly profit from it.

The one thing that can be predicted with absolute certainty is that the Sackler family is going to be fine.

Guess they should have been richer
- "come back with more money"
  
  Didn't know morshu was on the supreme court.

What the fuck? The Supreme Court made a decision that protects American citizens? Did they misunderstand the question?
- Why is everyone so surprised? SCOTUS makes the "correct" decision quite often.
  Independent Legislature Theory? Shot down.
  VRA? Upheld.
  Racially Biased Admission Criteria? Junked.
  Indian Child Welfare Act? Upheld.
  
  AA was not racially biased, it was necessary and it still is
  "After California banned race-conscious admissions in 1996, the proportions of Black and Latino students at UCLA, one of the most elite school’s in the state’s system, fell drastically. By 2006, a decade later, only 96 Black students enrolled in a freshman class of nearly 5,000. They became known as the Infamous 96."
  https://www.npr.org/live-updates/supreme-court-affirmative-action-harvard-unc
  Defending that is seriously messed up. Everyone agrees that AA wasn't perfect, but it was the most effective way of diversifying student bodies. Racist Republicans got what they wanted, it's as simple as that.

Good. We're still stacking the bodies. Bet the Sacklers didn't sleep well last night.
- Pfffft I bet they have really nice mattresses

The definition of uplifting news in this community is..... very broad.

I guess the Sacklers should've bought more gifts for the "Justices."

I'm sure it something sinister...like they blocked it to make way for a settlement for much, much less money, and also ... immunity.

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