Richard Sackler
Early life and education
Sackler was born in 1945 in Roslyn, New York, the son of Beverly (Feldman) and Raymond Sackler.
Early life and education
He received a bachelor's degree from Columbia College), followed by a M.D. degree from the New York University School of Medicine.
Career
Sackler became president in 1999. In 2001, he issued an email to employees of the company urging them to push a narrative that addiction to Oxycontin was caused by the "criminal" addicts who had the addiction, and not caused by anything in the drug itself. Sackler also urged pharmaceutical representatives to urge doctors to prescribe as high doses as possible to increase the company profits.
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