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The Sacklers deliberately and cynically killed hundreds of thousands of people. They made over $10 billion dollars.
And the punishment? They have to put a couple of billion back. They still made billions.
I would note that opioids have cost America a trillion dollars: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/12/economic-cost-of-the-opioid-...
Their $2 billion fine would pay for two weeks of the damage they have caused over a decade.
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They completely won. Complete victory for them. Complete loss for justice.
The law is supposed to act as a deterrent. This is the reverse of a deterrent.
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The Sacklers deliberately and cynically killed hundreds of thousands of people. They made over $10 billion dollars.
And the punishment? They have to put a couple of billion back. They still made billions.
I would note that opioids have cost America a trillion dollars: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/12/economic-cost-of-the-opioid-...
Their $2 billion fine would pay for two weeks of the damage they have caused over a decade.
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They completely won. Complete victory for them. Complete loss for justice.
The law is supposed to act as a deterrent. This is the reverse of a deterrent.