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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Justin Vallejo

‘A slow and toxic death’: Opioid crisis victims confront Sackler family with tales of horror at gruelling three-hour hearing

AP

“If you’ve ever heard a newborn in withdrawal, the screaming will haunt you for the rest of your life. And it haunts me.”

Kara Trainor’s son, born addicted, was robbed of a normal life. Liz Fitzgerald buried one son and then, to her horror, buried another. Keola Maluhia Kekuewa was homeless, tied down in a psychiatric ward and barely survived three suicide attempts.

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