Introduction
Drug abuse presents a historical, current, and future unending problem world over.
Governments declare their fight against drug abuse and launch operations to weed them out.
However, more cunning drug dealers eventually emerge, more prepared with a strong capital
base and masquerading tactics (Fox, Oliver, & Ellis, 2013). Even what's more frightening is the
fact that some companies produce drugs under the government's watch in the name of
painkillers.
When the public or a whistle-blower finally exposes the vice, court proceedings and
investigations get underway (Fox et al., 2013). Shockingly, some government agencies, the
justice department, and the company collude to have closed-door court sessions. After days of
discussions, a settlement is arrived at, with no single executive being punished. Usually, a low-
level employee is relieved of their duties to be used as the scape-goat and take the fall on behalf
of the company.
Excerpt
"Doctors, often unaware of how Purdue Pharma had betrayed them, continued to ramp up
their use of opioids by tens of millions of added prescriptions annually. And in the five years
after the case's settlement, some 100,000 Americans died from overdoses involving prescription
painkillers such as OxyContin, while thousands of patients became addicted to opioids or
suffered ill health consequences. (Meier, 2018)"
Summary
Doctors who were unaware of the consequences or side effects caused by the opioids
drugs produced by Purdue Phama Company would go on to prescribe the medicine to millions of

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