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This reads like a puff piece, minimizing their role in the opioid epidemic. [1] – Muboshgu ( talk) 17:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
I think lawsuits against Purdue Pharma belong in that article and that the lawsuits section should be limited to lawsuits against family members. (Disclaimer: I'm the one who authored the section.) El_C 15:11, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Also the family’s company had controlled by the Sackler’s is just bad grammar. El_C 15:19, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
The controversies and lawsuits section is the most noteworthy part of the family. It should be before the philanthropy section, especially since the family doesn't seem to have made any great philanthropy. We are talking less than 1% of the family wealth given to charity, that is a smaller gift by % than the average plumber.
The Family isn't notable for philanthropy. They are notable as pill pushers. We wouldn't lead an article about Chapo or Escabar with their philanthropy.
Seconded Hugomikhailov ( talk) 02:36, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Why are closed institutions color coded in green and open ones color coded in red? Isn't Wikipedia supposed to be neutral? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.255.53.99 ( talk) 13:10, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Shadybabs, you seem to be pushing to keep the word "Jewish" prominently displayed in the opening sentence. Would you care to explain why that is even more important than their nationality (where the courts have jurisdiction over them)? – Muboshgu ( talk) 03:41, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
In the subsection "Reputation laundering," the artist Nan Goldin is introduced and linked twice. This reads awkwardly, and the linkage is superfluous by Wikipedia standards. Wondering if a rewrite is warranted? Zyploc ( talk) 07:46, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
"The Sackler family is an American family who founded and owned the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma." They owned Purdue and Mundipharma. They only founded Mundipharma. If the first sentence is factually wrong, it puts the whole article in doubt. 2001:A61:A9B:B101:30B5:EC50:4810:5F00 ( talk) 01:12, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
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The Supreme Court did not reverse the Second Circuit's ruling in the opioid case instead it granted certiorari and agreed to hear the appeal and stayed the Second Circuit's decision pending that appeal:
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The article mentions a political donation to the Democratic Party in Connecticut by the Sackler family but fails to mention their preferred and majority of their political donation.
The article should change:
From: “ The Sackler family contributed about $116,000 to the Connecticut Democratic Party.”
To: “ Overall, the family has favored Republican and conservative causes which have received 52 percent of the family’s total contributions. Some family members mostly favor Republicans, while others support Democrats. The overall top recipient of the 12 family members’ contributions was the Republican National Committee (RNC) with $252,700.” Hiltonrio ( talk) 03:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
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The article wrongly states that the Supreme Court "overturned" the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and "agree[d] with the previous lower court decision that the family couldn’t be granted immunity in civil cases." That is incorrect. The Supreme Court granted the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the case (i.e., it agreed to hear the case), but it has not made a decision on the merits. See Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 23-124. Itoldyouthat ( talk) 05:17, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Change "This ruling was overturned in August 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court, agreeing with the previous lower court decision that the family couldn’t be granted immunity in civil cases."
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"In August 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to review the case. Arguments have been scheduled for December." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itoldyouthat ( talk • contribs) 05:21, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Add 2020 Netflix Documentary the Pharmacist 2603:6080:A040:822:D476:883D:7F79:75AC ( talk) 15:04, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Oxycodone was never removed from the market in the United States, least of all for addictive potential. 172.56.70.154 ( talk) 21:13, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
The sentence about Elizabeth Sackler feels very out of place and irrelevant to the section it's in, and IMO the page as a whole if she didn't participate in the family business. 198.203.181.214 ( talk) 16:59, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
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This reads like a puff piece, minimizing their role in the opioid epidemic. [1] – Muboshgu ( talk) 17:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
I think lawsuits against Purdue Pharma belong in that article and that the lawsuits section should be limited to lawsuits against family members. (Disclaimer: I'm the one who authored the section.) El_C 15:11, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Also the family’s company had controlled by the Sackler’s is just bad grammar. El_C 15:19, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
The controversies and lawsuits section is the most noteworthy part of the family. It should be before the philanthropy section, especially since the family doesn't seem to have made any great philanthropy. We are talking less than 1% of the family wealth given to charity, that is a smaller gift by % than the average plumber.
The Family isn't notable for philanthropy. They are notable as pill pushers. We wouldn't lead an article about Chapo or Escabar with their philanthropy.
Seconded Hugomikhailov ( talk) 02:36, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
Why are closed institutions color coded in green and open ones color coded in red? Isn't Wikipedia supposed to be neutral? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.255.53.99 ( talk) 13:10, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Shadybabs, you seem to be pushing to keep the word "Jewish" prominently displayed in the opening sentence. Would you care to explain why that is even more important than their nationality (where the courts have jurisdiction over them)? – Muboshgu ( talk) 03:41, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
In the subsection "Reputation laundering," the artist Nan Goldin is introduced and linked twice. This reads awkwardly, and the linkage is superfluous by Wikipedia standards. Wondering if a rewrite is warranted? Zyploc ( talk) 07:46, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
"The Sackler family is an American family who founded and owned the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma." They owned Purdue and Mundipharma. They only founded Mundipharma. If the first sentence is factually wrong, it puts the whole article in doubt. 2001:A61:A9B:B101:30B5:EC50:4810:5F00 ( talk) 01:12, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
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The Supreme Court did not reverse the Second Circuit's ruling in the opioid case instead it granted certiorari and agreed to hear the appeal and stayed the Second Circuit's decision pending that appeal:
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The article mentions a political donation to the Democratic Party in Connecticut by the Sackler family but fails to mention their preferred and majority of their political donation.
The article should change:
From: “ The Sackler family contributed about $116,000 to the Connecticut Democratic Party.”
To: “ Overall, the family has favored Republican and conservative causes which have received 52 percent of the family’s total contributions. Some family members mostly favor Republicans, while others support Democrats. The overall top recipient of the 12 family members’ contributions was the Republican National Committee (RNC) with $252,700.” Hiltonrio ( talk) 03:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
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The article wrongly states that the Supreme Court "overturned" the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and "agree[d] with the previous lower court decision that the family couldn’t be granted immunity in civil cases." That is incorrect. The Supreme Court granted the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the case (i.e., it agreed to hear the case), but it has not made a decision on the merits. See Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 23-124. Itoldyouthat ( talk) 05:17, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Change "This ruling was overturned in August 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court, agreeing with the previous lower court decision that the family couldn’t be granted immunity in civil cases."
to:
"In August 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to review the case. Arguments have been scheduled for December." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itoldyouthat ( talk • contribs) 05:21, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Add 2020 Netflix Documentary the Pharmacist 2603:6080:A040:822:D476:883D:7F79:75AC ( talk) 15:04, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Oxycodone was never removed from the market in the United States, least of all for addictive potential. 172.56.70.154 ( talk) 21:13, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
The sentence about Elizabeth Sackler feels very out of place and irrelevant to the section it's in, and IMO the page as a whole if she didn't participate in the family business. 198.203.181.214 ( talk) 16:59, 9 July 2024 (UTC)