Per-death math • $6 billion ÷ 500,000 deaths = ~$12,000 per death That’s the settlement’s implied value of a human life. For comparison: • Average #wrongful #death #settlement in the U.S.: $1–3 million • Tobacco settlements: $200+ billion total • BP Deepwater Horizon: $65+ billion Opioids killed more people than *all* of those crises combined.

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How #bankruptcy #law was bent The #Sacklers themselves did #not declare bankruptcy. Instead: 1. Purdue Pharma declared #bankruptcy 2. The #Sacklers #transferred #money into the process 3. In exchange, they demanded #permanent #legal #immunity from all current and future civil lawsuits This maneuver is called: Non-consensual third-party releases Meaning: 1. People who never agreed to the deal 2. Were still barred from suing the Sacklers Forever This is the legal equivalent of buying a #universal #eraser Again, Vietnam war level deaths every year