Six years ago, their name was associated with philanthropy, with their consequent contribution to the world of art and medicine.
Today, the Sacklers are one of America's most hated families.
In question: their involvement in the opiate crisis, responsible for 500,000 deaths in the United States.
By aggressively promoting OxyContin, a powerful painkiller produced by their company Purdue Pharma, the wealthy family has democratized the uncontrolled use of opiates in the country, causing a gigantic epidemic of overdoses and making thousands of Americans dependent.
In video, the shock report on the ravages of clandestine aesthetic medicine
Golden Lion at the last Venice Film Festival, expected in theaters on March 15, the documentary by Laura Poitras
All the beauty and the blood spilled
(1) retraces this scandal and looks back on the fight of photographer Nan Goldin, ex-addict who became activist, who puts their empire in the crosshairs.
A family matter
The origins of the business take root in the 1950s, with an infernal siblings.
After studying medicine...
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