WASHINGTON D.C. — Bipartisan Opioid Task Force co-chairs U.S. Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) released the following statement on the Justice Department’s announcement that Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the powerful and highly addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and violating federal anti-kickback laws as part of an $8.3 billion settlement.
Purdue and the Sackler family perpetrated crimes and intentionally caused millions of unsuspecting people to become addicted to powerful painkillers for profit, worsening the opioid crisis and directly contributing to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans.
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