Raymond Sackler, Psychopharmacology Pioneer and Philanthropist, DEAD @ 97

His family made a fortune from the opioid painkiller OxyContin.  They turned a tiny Greenwich Village, New York company, started in the 19th century, into a global giant that came to be known as Purdue Pharma.  

Read the complete fascinating story as reported by The NY Times here:
nytimes.com/2017/07/19/business/raymond-sackler-dead-of-purdue-pharma.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries