Guardian: OxyContin victims fight for their share in Purdue bankruptcy case

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/27/oxycontin-victims-sacklers-perdue-pharma-bankruptcy-opioid-crisis

>Stephanie and Troy Lubinski met when they were teenagers, and they were married for three decades. Troy was big-hearted, kind, the best fisherman around, a devoted father who cared for the kids during the day after long night shifts as a firefighter.

But he had back pain that began when he worked in construction and then grew worse over the years. His doctor prescribed OxyContin, and that was the beginning of the end.

“Everything just went downhill,” Stephanie said.

Troy suffered a decades-long battle with opioid use disorder. The family lost everything – their home, their belongings, even one son’s football championship rings – as Troy’s condition spun out of control.<

There's much more text and some photos at the link. The greed associated with the
opioid epidemic that has resulted from the Sackler/Purdue/OxyContin and other
opioids (synthetic opiates) like Fentanyl must be corrected by lawmakers. Victims
must be compensated or in the case of overdose death, families must be compensated.