Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended in threads about Purdue and Sackler immunity as a good primer on the issue.
What it is
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the Sackler family and how they have handled opioid lawsuits. It covers how hard they fought to defend their name and is the third of three segments on the opioid crisis.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2021 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec pagade · 2024-07 · on “Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement”
I recently watched these 3 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Highly recommended. Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [this video] ) Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [LINK] ) Opioids: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( [LINK] )
Recommends reureu · 2021-09 · on “The Sackler Family Wins Immunity from Future Opioid Lawsuits”
For anyone that's just getting up to speed on this, John Oliver had a really good video specifically about this issue: [this video]
Recommends dstick · 2021-12 · on “Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's $4.5B opioid settlement”
Good. For those that haven't watched them yet, there are 3 John Oliver segments on the subject that will back up the "Good." statement: Opioids [LINK] Opioids II [LINK] Opioids III (this one focuses 100% on the Sacklers) [this video]
Cites belter · 2021-09 · on “Sacklers granted lifetime legal immunity in opioid settlement”
For a more global audience, in case you might be wondering what this is all about: Opioids III: The Sacklers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [this video]
Cites 1024core · 2021-09 · on “FBI says seized fortune was criminals’ loot—owners say: Where’s the proof?”
How about the FBI man up and seize the Sackler's $11B, eh? It's easy to pick on the small guy while the whale goes unpunished. [1] [this video]
Cites yskchu · 2021-12 · on “Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family from opioid claims”
Besides that episode, he made two others about the Opioid Crisis / Purdue Pharma / Sacklers, 3 in total since 2016: 2016: [LINK] 2019: [LINK] 2021: [this video] In addition there's some sites made by them as well (referred to in the video): [LINK] (with Bryan Cranston, Michael Keaton, Richard Kind, Michael K Williams) [LINK]