After Purdue has made in excess of $30 billion creating this crisis, billions of public money must now be deployed to confront the health crisis and its indirect consequences such as crime and long term social supports for addicts. 
A sinister example of how the private sector externalizes risks on to the public while keeping all the profit for themselves; while avoiding paying taxes. This process is repeated over and over again in almost every economic sector and is what is bankrupting our governments not profligate spending by politicians.