Releasing years of anguish and anger, victims of opioid abuse and those who have lost loved ones to an addiction crisis stretching back more than two decades unloaded their emotions on members of the family they blame for fuelling the deadly epidemic.Thursday’s unusual hearing, conducted virtually in United States Bankruptcy Court, gave them what they have wanted for years: the chance to confront members of the billionaire Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and tell them about the lasting pain that addiction and overdoses have caused in their lives.“When you created OxyContin, you created so much loss for so many people. … I’m outraged that you haven’t owned up to the crisis that you’ve created,” said Kay Scarpone, addressing the three Sackler family members in attendance. She lost her son Joseph Scarpone, a former US Marine, to addiction a month before his 26th birthday.
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