# Opioid executives found guilty of racketeering

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388 "2019-05-02T20:42:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388/1 "2019-05-02T20:42:54Z")

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Fuck you [assholes](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/health/insys-trial-verdict-kapoor.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage). All those lives ruined or snuffed out so you could become billionaires. There has to be a special rung in hell for you.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388/2 "2019-05-02T22:05:07Z")

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I’m glad corporate executives are facing jailtime (but they may just get fines, this being America and all), but I worry this will make doctors even less willing to give pain medications to chronic pain patients.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388/3 "2019-05-02T22:25:59Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> I’m glad corporate executives are facing jailtime (but they may just get fines, this being America and all), but I worry this will make doctors even less willing to give pain medications to chronic pain patients.

Of course they will. These fuckwits have made proper treatment toxic for doctors.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388/4 "2019-05-02T23:13:29Z")

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Good news.

Today Kapoor, tomorrow Elizabeth Holmes.

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**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388/5 "2019-05-02T23:52:30Z")

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This is good news, but it will have unfortunate consequences for pain sufferers.

Also, still waiting for the guys who ruined the economy a decade ago to sniff the inside of solitary confinement.

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-executives-found-guilty-of-racketeering/833388/6 "2019-05-03T03:10:06Z")

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Sounds like a good start. Sacklers next?