The #Sackler deal, in brutal #arithmetic #Deaths #500,000+ #Americans died from #opioid overdoses since #OxyContin launched in #1996. That’s roughly: 1. one Vietnam War 2. every year 3. for two decades This is not abstract harm. It is #mass #casualty scale.

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The money • Sackler family payout: ~$5–6 billion spread over #10+ years • Estimated Sackler family wealth before the deal: #$11–13 #billion • Wealth retained after the deal: #billions Translation: They paid less than half of what they were worth, slowly, while keeping legal immunity.