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SACKLER OXY DOLLAR BLOOD MONEY NOTESJustin Perrault passed along this article about a recent courthouse protest against the Sackler family and Perdue Pharma, maker of the Oxy Contin drug at the center of the country's opiod crisis. Thanks. The protesters hurled "blood money" notes symbolizing the family's profits from the drug. -Editor  This morning, about a dozen protesters from PAIN Sackler, accompanied by activists from Binghamton-based Truth Pharm, chanted "Shame on Sacklers!" The activists hurled a blizzard of "blood money" in the air — mock one-dollar bills printed with the word "Oxy" and splattered with red paint — and spilled mock prescription bottles across the steps of the courthouse. They spread themselves across the cement for a 200-second die-in and moment of silence for the nearly 200 individuals who die daily from drug overdoses. "They have more than enough money to help start treating this crisis," Harry Cullen, an activist with PAIN Sackler, addressed the crowd. "That money belongs to the people who they have killed."  To read the complete article, see:
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