Where is the scrutiny over FDA’s role in the overdose epidemic?
Having read Empire of Pain: the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, which  heartbreaking and outraging- one of the biggest surprises for me in that book was how the Sacklers literally hired and FDA commissioner who approved their submission to come work for them:<p>&gt; Richard Sackler, in a sworn deposition, said that [FDA commissioner] Curtis Wright had actually started calling Purdue about a job before he even left the FDA.<p>And then he left the FDA and got a $400k a year job at Purdue (in 1995 $$, so ~700k&#x2F;year now).<p>Incredibly outrageous how the Sacklers got away with a hand-slap and litigation shield after looting all assets Purdue and declaring bankruptcy.<p>Highly recommend that book if anyone you know has struggled with addiction or if you just want a really gripping nonfiction read.  I found it as well written and in-depth researched as Bad Blood by John Carreyrou.