Pharma company blamed for opioid epidemic merely slapped with fine, faces no criminal case

A major American Pharmaceutical company has has started bankrupcy proceedings after being accused of creating an opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma has been slapped with a multi-billion-dollar fine as a settlement for some two-and-a-half thousand lawsuits. But nobody is likely to go to jail. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/a1sg

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