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Johnson & Johnson guilty of pushing Opiates in Okalahoma

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:39 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/johnson-and-johnson-oklahoma-opioid-trial-876652/

Case could set precedence for thousands like it.

Company must pay $572 MILLION for nationwide epidemic.

Other companies included in the mix.

Re: Johnson & Johnson guilty of pushing Opiates in Okalahoma

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:55 am
by Rasp
So they basically got away with it without consequences? I mean $572 million wouldn't even qualify as a slap on the wrist for a company so large. (let alone come anywhere close to the actual cost of the damage they did) So we're keeping with the same precedent America has set for corporations since the 1980's. No Real Consequences! This is what people mean when they praise the free market. The right of corporations to do whatever they like with effectively no accountability.

Re: Johnson & Johnson guilty of pushing Opiates in Okalahoma

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:23 pm
by BridgeConsoleMasher
Well they're just part of it. Purdue Medical and some other group paid up already.