What some call philanthropy, others, such as Stanford University ethics professor Rob Reich, call “reputation laundering”. But what’s less well known, though increasingly being exposed, is that much of their wealth comes from one product – OxyContin, the blockbuster prescription painkiller first launched in 1996. “Greed is the main thing. The market for OxyContin should have been much,…
Joss Sackler, the entrepreneurial force behind a $2,500 per year social club and an allied clothing line, charged The New York Times to stop covering “the men in my life” and “review the fucking neon hoodies.” …are queasy about associating with the country’s most notorious limited liability cartel. The Guggenheim, for example, has stopped accepting donations from the Sackler…
Luther Strange was championing… arguments against opioid lawsuits, he was also working behind the scenes as a paid attorney for members of the Sackler family… he’s a former US Senator from Alabama. …AGs are sticking to their demand that the Sacklers forfeit more of the personal fortune they amassed from opioid sales, valued at more…
*DEA Museum Opening [He] has not been charged or arrested. By the time [DEA] agents walked out of [the] apartment, they’d taken 906 live psychedelic mushrooms, 20.42 ounces of dried mushrooms … “Remember to use psilocybin safely and responsibly,” says Kevin Matthews, who led the campaign to get Initiative 301 passed by Denver voters. “And…
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)… after determining that the agency had fulfilled a requirement to process applications for research-grade marijuana manufacturers. The suit, brought by the Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI), argued that the marijuana grown at the University of Mississippi—currently the only facility that’s federally authorized to cultivate…
The Sacklers have expressed sympathy but refuse to take responsibility for the nation’s opioid epidemic. US Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain agreed to pause the lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler’s until next month with the intention of stopping suits longer so a settlement can be worked out. Drain gave the company, state attorneys general and lawyers…
“I think the intellectual property is going to be around dosage-control systems” for psychedelics like psilocybin-containing mushrooms, Linton said. Linton said people… wanted to “get rich quick.” “I’m cheering for the entrepreneur,” Linton said. “So I don’t want to cheer for an idiot.” Original Article (Business Insider):…who built Canopy Growth…Artwork Fair Use: eflon
A new company… just raised $6.2 million to try to make psychedelics without their characteristic hallucinogenic qualities, so that the compounds can be used in medicines for diseases like addiction. Based in the US and Canada, MindMed’s team of 11 is scattered across Toronto, New York, and San Francisco. The company’s first goal is getting…
You see, now that it’s becoming legal, there’s nothing special about marijuana. Like corn or wheat, it’s a crop. Marijuana is a commodity. It’s all roughly the same, no matter where or how it’s grown … The apple is a versatile fruit. Yet, selling apples is far from lucrative … After much hype, investors have…
The activists hurled a blizzard of “blood money” in the air — mock one-dollar bills printed with the word “Oxy” and splattered with red paint — and spilled mock prescription bottles across the steps of the courthouse. They spread themselves across the cement for a 200-second die-in and moment of silence for the nearly 200…
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