Jewish Telegraphic Agency5y
Who are the Sacklers, the family at the center of the opioid crisis?
Mortimer and Raymond Sackler are the late patriarchs of a family under fire now for its central role in the opioid addiction crisis, which has led to hundreds of thousands of American deaths.
Sackler Family’s Net Worth: How Much Money They’re Worth Now
The individuals behind Purdue Pharma's involvement in the U.S. opioid crisis reached a $7-billion settlement in January 2025.
Santa Barbara Independent1d
Attorney General Bonta Helps Secure $7.4 Billion from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family for Fueling the Opioid Crisis
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the bipartisan States Negotiating Committee and other parties have reached a $7.4 billion settlement in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
The Sacklers, Jewish family behind OxyContin, will pay $6B in deal that shields them from lawsuits
Purdue founders Arthur, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler were the sons of Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn who attended medical school in Scotland because American schools wouldn’t admit Jews at the time.