Day: January 11, 2022

Virtue Is Its Own Reward

In 1996, two ambitious doctors named Raymond and Mortimer Sackler rolled out an extended-release painkiller called OxyContin. The drug was a hit, delivering a warm glow of relief for millions of Americans. And their company, Purdue Pharmaceutical, made the Sacklers billionaires. The family used part of that fortune to make millions in tax-deductible gifts to […]