Two Time Lines Meet During An Opioid Epidemic

Dopesick Timeline parsed with the history of Public-Private Corporate Corruption in Maine

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In recent news, Kamilla Harris has been leading the Biden immigration policy, hobnobbing around behind a gridlocked Congress by working with private sector megacorporations, a notoriously bad idea that sounds rosy on paper.

As this is transpiring, so is the court case against Purdue Pharma for its role in the opioid epidemic.

The Hulu series Dopesick tells the story of how the opioid epidemic was given birth and nurtured by Purdue Pharma. The television drama does not have a conclusive ending, as the story continues to unfold with a new court ruling as recent as December 29 which leaves hanging, whether the Sackler Family can ever be directly sued by the victims of the opioid crisis, or if they will get off scot-free with their wealth intact.

Critics say federal regulators were often back on their heels, slow to curb escalating OxyContin sales that fed black markets for pain pills around the United States.

And all this while the government was spending huge amounts…