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The conviction of John Kapoor is expected to set the stage for prosecutors to pursue criminal action against other pharmaceutical executives for their part in the opioid crisis

Billionaire founder of opioid manufacturer convicted of bribery

Prosecutors said that the aggressive marketing of highly addictive drugs that Kapoor presided over at Insys Therapeutics fuelled the US opioid crisis
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The enormous cost of the opioid crisis can't solely be viewed in financial terms; the social devastation wrought by the epidemic is even more pernicious

The price of the US opioid crisis

The opioid epidemic has ravaged the US over the last 20 years, costing the country over $1trn since 2001. This national calamity is a central theme in the respective campaigns of many candidates in the upcoming midterm elections
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