Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the Sackler family and how they have handled opioid lawsuits. It covers how hard they fought to defend their name and is the third of three segments on the opioid crisis.
Recommended in threads about Purdue and Sackler immunity as a good primer on the issue.
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6 comments from Hacker News
For anyone that's just getting up to speed on this, John Oliver had a really good video specifically about this issue: [VIDEO]
For a more global audience, in case you might be wondering what this is all about: Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [VIDEO]
How about the FBI man up and seize the Sackler's $11B, eh? It's easy to pick on the small guy while the whale goes unpunished. [1] [VIDEO]
Besides that episode, he made two others about the Opioid Crisis / Purdue Pharma / Sacklers, 3 in total since 2016: 2016: [LINK] 2019: [LINK] 2021: [VIDEO] In addition there's some sites made by them as well (referred to in the video): [LINK] (with Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Richard Kind, Michael K Williams) [LINK]
Good. For those that haven't watched them yet, there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement: Opioids [LINK] Opioids II [LINK] Opioids III (this one focuses 100% on the Sacklers) [VIDEO]
I recently watched these 3 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Highly recommended. Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [VIDEO] ) Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [LINK] ) Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [LINK] )