How the Sackler Family Made Billions From OxyContin

I was injured in 2000. I was on painkillers till 2015 when I lost my health insurance. I did not even know I was addicted till I could not get them anymore. I ended up doing heroin ( same ingredients as the pain killers) to stop the withdrawals. Ended up a heroin addict in 2016 and dead in 2018. I was resuscitated. I was brought back a new person. Been clean almost 6 years and now own a mattress store in Detroit. 8 Mile Mattress. There is hope for you addict.

This warms my heart knowing the Sackler name is FINALLY being publicly shit on. This is a great first step in attempting to hold them accountable.

I’m a retired pharmacist. I graduated the same year as OxyContin. It literally ruined my career because being ethical was a conflict of interest with profit. If you think you can trust our system regarding Covid, you learned nothing from the collective malfeasance of the opioid crisis.

Lost 6 years of my life to being an oxy zombie. It controlled my every waking moment. Getting clean was an absolute personal hell. I've been clean for 8ish years and swore id never put myself through that again and thank god ive stayed true to that

My wife delivered our first baby March 21 2009. She had a c-section and the physician prescribed her 180 pills of OxyContin. At the time, the doctor said, "it's not addictive, don't worry". Thankfully after 2 pills my wife quit and dealt with the pain, because she didn't like how it made her feel. When our second baby was born May 5th 2011, a different doctor prescribed her the exact same amount of Oxy after her second C-Section. She declined and stuck with a high dose of Tylenol. I'm thankful that she didn't get hooked on this stuff, but it makes me wonder how many doctors did the same thing to millions of patients with the same promise of "it's not addictive". There's no way they didn't "know" by 2011. I'm still bitter about it to this day.

Lost a brother to it in 2013. Started taking it about 6 years earlier for gout and then had his prescription pulled. Turned to heroin and died in my families living room, not a day goes by that I don't wish these monsters would pay for their crimes. miss you always bro.

My mom was on it for a good 4-5 years, finally someone offered her herion instead one day and it put it into perspective and she quit cold turkey, it was 2 weeks of hell and months of screaming and self deprecation for months but now 10 years later she’s opened her own massage practice and is doing great, I’m proud of what’s she’s accomplished finally and can’t wait to see where it goes, as for the sacklers, man I’d pay for a minute alone.

My 36 y/o daughter died 11 years ago from an Oxycontin overdose. It was ruled accidental by the medical examiner. She left behind a 2 y/o daughter that will never know what a wonderful loving mother she was. Some people can justify their evil deeds by compartmentalizing.

Lost my 32 year old cousin less than a week ago due to an OxyContin addiction turned heroine addiction, she met her end with a fentanyl overdose. It’s wild to read through these comments and bear partial witness to everyone’s stories. Godspeed.

Gary Ridgway is in jail thinking, I may be the Green River Killer, but at least I'm not a Sackler.