Das Justizministerium von Biden kündigte an, dass es MCKINSEY NICHT strafrechtlich verfolgen wird, weil es Purdue Pharma geraten hat, die OxyContin-Verkäufe inmitten der Opioidkrise zu „ankurbeln“.

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    1. SS:

      [From X:](https://x.com/RickClaypool/status/1868664561571946644)

      > Biden’s DOJ announced it WILL NOT prosecute MCKINSEY for advising Purdue Pharma to “turbocharge” OxyContin sales amidst the opioid crisis.
      >
      > ONE exec made a plea deal with a max sentence of 1 year.
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      > Pathetic. A slap in the face to everyone who lost a loved one to the crisis.
      >
      > Instead of prosecution, McKinsey gets a 5-year leniency deal that lets the consulting firm avoid the consequences of prosecution, which include barring the govt from employing the firm.
      >
      > (Part of the misconduct here was McKinsey simultaneously advising both Purdue and FDA.)
      >
      > Part of how the DOJ explains granting McKinley leniency, instead of prosecuting, is the corporation’s “cooperation.”
      >
      > Which is a weird thing to reward the corporation for while also saying an executive obstructed the investigation!

      [Also:](https://x.com/RickClaypool/status/1868673959140737071)

      >South Africans, btw, are FURIOUS about McKinsey’s light penalty.

      >An official told
      @FT
      >, “It will take 20 years to repair the damage done by McKinsey … these consultancy firms shouldn’t be allowed to buy their way out of criminal sanction with money.”

      US loves to spread the better version of Democracy and capitalism to the world.

    2. Greedy_Cupcake_5560 on

      Yet if I get caught even selling a plant I could go away for decades.

    3. Slimegatehater on

      Trump can easily undo this. I fully expect him to charge this asshole and root out the rest of the corruption from the biden crime family when he is in power.

    4. Wow what a way to end his legacy after 50+ years in office… Pardon all kinds of scum and now hands big pharma a major W. Geesh

    5. LegalizeDiamorphine on

      “Lost a loved one to this crisis”…. This is phrased to make you think it’s acceptable to give up your bodily autonomy & your right to pain medication.

      120 people die every day from cars in the US. But I don’t see anyone saying “I’m so sorry to everyone who lost a loved one to the car crisis”… Nope, we just accept car deaths as an every day part of life.

      **”Medical Error”, Tobacco & Alcohol all kill more people annually than opioids**, even with fentanyl in the picture. But you never hear anyone use this kind of language when it comes to deaths from any of those things. In fact, alcohol is celebrated all through out America.

      And of course the ignorant masses who know jack shit about pharmacology or drugs eat it right up.

      “Take away my pain meds big daddy government!”… Such bullshit.

      Should Purdue get in trouble for marketing oxy’s as “non-addictive?”… Yes.
      But that’s not what’s happening here. What’s happening is a power grab playing on people’s emotions & ignorance. The big bad “opioids” need to be restricted from the public, can’t have people actually feeling good at all, but it’s totally fine when the people in power wanna use them – [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-misused-funds-pentagon-2024-01-28/](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-white-house-pharmacy-improperly-provided-drugs-misused-funds-pentagon-2024-01-28/)

      *”The White House Medical Unit during the* ***Trump administration*** ***provided prescription drugs, including controlled substances, to ineligible staff and spent tens of thousands of dollars more on brand-name drugs than what generic equivalents would have cost, a Pentagon report shows.”***

      *The unit spent $46,500 from 2017-2019 on 8,900 unit doses of Ambien, a brand name sleeping medication, which was 174 times more than the $270 the generic equivalent would have cost for the same amount of doses. It spent $98,000 on 4,180 unit doses of Provigil, a brand name stimulant, 55 times more than the $1,800 the generic equivalent would have cost, the report found.*

      *Both drugs were disbursed without verifying patient identities.* ***Opioids and sleeping medications were not properly accounted for and were tracked using error-filled or unreadable handwritten records, the report said****.”*

      Oh, so opioids & drugs are totally fine when Trump & his administration want them, but regular citizens in crippling pain are told to suffer. Wake up to the fuckin’ hypocrisy.

    6. throwdownHippy on

      When they pardon themselves, that means that everyone else pardons them, too. Like for example if you lost a family member to the opioid crisis that was created by these people. Screw you. They’ve been pardoned. Right? Anyone?

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