text: Another white collar crime that rewards a select few. Why do politicians support a system that does not hold people accountable for criminal actions and results?
  
  OxyContin had a long shelf life after it was launched by deception. "With questions mounting in Canada about OxyContin’s role in the opioid crisis, Purdue pulled the drug from the market in 2012, just a few months before the patent was to expire. Purdue attempted to paint the problem as one of abuse, saying people were intentionally using the pills to get high."