It isn't always a pleasant endeavor, but it is essential to understand the harm that greed can unleash on so many. The Sackler family who wanted notoriety for all their philanthropic endeavors worked so hard to distance themselves from their involvement in the day to day activities of the company they owned, that made and distributed Oxycontin which resulted in such rampant opioid addictions. The three brothers, all medical doctors, who started the company at first had high ideals, but the book navigates all the ways from the beginning that the brothers worked the system from manufacturing to advertising to paying for political influence. It is a fascinating read and leads to so much understanding of the power of money on society, the disdain the family held for people who suffered from the opioid crisis, and the belief their philanthropic endeavors could whitewash everything. The heirs to the three brothers knew what their product would cause, how to market it, and how to buy political influence to protect themselves.Publisher description:
Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family (Arthur, Raymond, and Mortimer), who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis, OxyContin.