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At a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen was repeatedly asked why the Sacklers were allowed to keep a large portion of their reported fortune, given that much of it came directly from Purdue.

The museum is part of a growing group of cultural institutions distancing themselves from the family, which has been linked to the opioid crisis.

Nan Goldin and her activist group, P.A.I.N. Sackler, are calling museums to sever ties with the pharmaceutical family that's had a hand in developing OxyContin.

Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday called the pills "an addicts dream," thanks to the relative ease they can be turned into powder and snorted or shot.

Dr. Gibbs also worked part-time at Rikers Island when he wasn't writing false prescriptions.

After taking away New Yorkers' outdoor smoking privileges and right to million-calorie mega-sodas, it looks like Bloomberg's back to his old tricks trying to "save lives," or whatever.

Last night police detained Talya Ben-Eliezer, daughter of former Israeli defense minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, at JFK on an outstanding warrant from Florida, where she is accused of obtaining "a controlled dangerous substance by fraud."

"If people next year knew they'd be tested for drugged driving just like they are tested for drunk driving, it might deter them from doing it to begin with and save lives."

It's unclear who fired the fatal shots in the confrontation which also included an off-duty NYPD cop and an off-duty Nassau County cop.

The bassist of NY band Coheed and Cambria decided to rob a Walgreens pharmacy of its Oxycontin yesterday prior to opening up for Soundgarden. Chris Cornell, undoubtedly, disapproved.