OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy

[Peter1469]

They took 11 billion out and out it into a trust to protect it. It should be illegal to do that. They should be made to set aside the amount to settle any claim.

The family is not the defendant. The company is. Why are we discussing what the family is worth. That is off topic. Why do you think people incorporate?

[Captdon]

The family is not the defendant. The company is. Why are we discussing what the family is worth. That is off topic. Why do you think people incorporate?

I know why they do it. The family owns the company. It is not off topic at all. They are still wrong. They can get away with it but that is the topic.

[Peter1469]

I know why they do it. The family owns the company. It is not off topic at all. They are still wrong. They can get away with it but that is the topic.

Their money is not at risk.

The corporations assets are.

[Dr. Who]

Their money is not at risk.

The corporations assets are.

Except to the degree that they are directors and/or officers of the company, in which case they can be sued personally.

[testsubjectalpha]

To play devil's advocate, parking a $1 billion is a Swiss bank account does not look good.

Folks, step back a minute.

Pause.

Have you ever heard of a heroin addict?

Someone just figured out how to put it in a pill rather than syringe. And the story line, under our stupid Gov't of the past (FDA) was that in a different form it was okay.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Oh $#@! vaping. damn...and it goes on.

[testsubjectalpha]

I don't know if you all recall, but Colorado recently legalized recreational use of 'magic mushrooms.' Liberal progressive Democrat lunacy. Not lunacy to the Dems, a stoned population votes for those who keep the stoned and stupid. And if the general population is too stoned to care about anything, well they just sign up en masse to what some other State thinks.

To play devil's advocate, parking a $1 billion is a Swiss bank account does not look good.

Folks, step back a minute.

Pause.

Have you ever heard of a heroin addict?

Someone just figured out how to put it in a pill rather than syringe. And the story line, under our stupid Gov't of the past (FDA) was that in a different form it was okay.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Oh $#@! vaping. damn...and it goes on.

[MisterVeritis]

They didn't demand an addictive drug. You defend it if you want and you will be wrong. They peddled poison.

I don't know anyone who "demanded" the pill. I refused to take it but I'm not everyone. No one told them they would be addicts in three days.

Have a disgusting day.

If you read the insert sheet that comes with prescription medicines you will find the information you believe is lacking. I doubt anyone who took the narcotics as prescribed became an addict in three days.

[MisterVeritis]

I don't know if you all recall, but Colorado recently legalized recreational use of 'magic mushrooms.' Liberal progressive Democrat lunacy. Not lunacy to the Dems, a stoned population votes for those who keep the stoned and stupid. And if the general population is too stoned to care about anything, well they just sign up en masse to what some other State thinks.

I support the use of LSD, psilocybin, and other psychedelic drugs. It is a shame we stopped our research in the 1970s.

[MisterVeritis]

Many of the lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies are being pursued by individual states that have expended millions in taxpayer dollars dealing with drug addiction and drug overdoses directly related to these prescription drugs. Is that a corrupt shakedown?

Yes. It is just as corrupt a shakedown and the tobacco shakedowns.

[Dr. Who]

Yes. It is just as corrupt a shakedown and the tobacco shakedowns.

I'm sorry that you don't understand that perpetrating a fraud is wrong.