{"product":{"product_id":"0385545681","title":"Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty","price":"18.0","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41gb87vxJ2L._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385545681"},"comments":[{"body":"Just read Giuliani made his money from the Sackler Drug Cartel (Purdue Pharma). He cleared drugs out of NY as Mayor in the 90's, then immediately worked for Opioid Cartel as a consultant, flooding the Country with Opioids. He went from $1million net worth to around $17 million within one year. \r\n\r\n\\-Patrick Keefe, Empire of Pain.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681","subreddit_name":"CapitolConsequences","author":"luckydayrainman"},{"body":"[Patrick Radden Keefe released a book this year dealing with the same subject.](https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681)","subreddit_name":"Enough_Sanders_Spam","author":"mr_ex_ray_spex"},{"body":"Highly recommend \"Empire of Pain\" to really see how shitty the Sacklers and their companies truly are.  Wretched people and illustrates the degree to which we value money and corporations over other humans:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;url=https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwix08bBl-v0AhXLk2oFHZqsCSsQFnoECAYQAQ\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1xz7qCKlcqaadTbngorctP","subreddit_name":"Maine","author":"Odeeum"},{"body":"The New Yorker magazine really started the exposure with their article:\r\n\r\n[The Family That Built an Empire of Pain](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain)\r\n\r\nThat led to a book which gives a blistering takedown of the Sackler crime family: \r\n\r\n[Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty](https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681)\r\n\r\nI got the book from my local library and it's required reading.","subreddit_name":"videos","author":"T1mac"},{"body":"\u0026gt; That being said, it’s messed up you came to the most expensive city it the us with an animal you can’t support and thought you wouldn’t end up in this situation.\r\n\r\nhave you read this incredibly well written, in-depth article about drug addiction and Philly being the \"walmart of heroin?\"  \r\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/magazine/kensington-heroin-opioid-philadelphia.html\r\n\r\nSF is the west coast version of this.  it is a mecca for drugs and people come for the drugs, get trapped in the lifestyle, end up on the streets, can't quit and never leave.  \r\n\r\nopiates got us here.  OP has post hx re: detoxing from heroin, wouldn't be surprised if they're struggling with this.  \r\n\r\nEmpire of Pain about the sackler family and purdue pharma covers this extensively: \r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Empire-Pain-History-Sackler-Dynasty/dp/0385545681\r\n\r\nI don't have any solutions, but that's the source of the problem.","subreddit_name":"sanfrancisco","author":"shitbird4u"}]}