Documents reveal McKinsey's role increasing opioid sales until 2019

I was hanging out with my pharmacist friend and he mentioned that a decade his friend invited him to go into business opening up a pain clinic but it was pretty obvious it was a pill mill and he told his friend no thanks. His friend went on to make multiple millions of dollars very quickly and will never face consequences.<p>It got me thinking that there were probably tens of thousands of people who each made millions of dollars knowing full well what they were doing was killing people and they will never face any consequences for their actions.

Clearly what the US needs is a strong, broad Anti-Predation Act. With teeth in the form of regular detailed reporting, close scrutiny, and immense personal and financial penalties starting at the top. Since trafficking people is worth a 20-year sentence, then each death must certainly match that. $100,000 a day, up to 100 days, after which the business and all of its assets are forfeit ... as well as all of the assets of the principals. That oughta work.

Is there literally anything good that these consultancy&#x2F;auditing enterprises do?

Generally speaking if you are an authoritarian government or rogue company and can afford a company like McKinsey, they will take your money to consult and provide legitimacy. Scruples are overrated in this industry.

Sacklers got to keep their billions right?

&gt; In 2019, McKinsey cut ties with opioid manufacturers<p>So up until then, they were fine with it. In fact, abetting it. Now they&#x27;re apologizing.<p>If ever there were an argument for the corporate death penalty, this is it.

McKinsey used to be very respected but over the last 10 years or so has gone from scandal to scandal. McKinsey used to be the the place top graduates wanted to go, but today the best no longer seem interested in going there. What caused things to break down so badly? Did they just get too big and lost control of the culture?<p>Quite ironically they seem to need some serious advice on how to fix their own company.

There&#x27;s this strange dichotomy in thinking around drugs.<p>On the one hand, you have people saying we should decriminalize drugs.<p>On the other hand, you have examples like this of what happens with drugs when they are distributed in a decriinalized way.

I mean, if 2004– is the timeline, seems mostly opportunistic. The opioid stuff started in the mid 90s. “Pain is the fifth vital sign” and all that. You were made to feel like a shitty doctor if you didn’t get on board.

&quot;I don&#x27;t have to sell nuthin&#x27;. This shit here? It sells itself.&quot;

These scumbags are the reason I changed my mind on the death penalty.

Unfortunately most consultancies like McKinsey play minimal roles, if any, from the companies that engage them. They are often used as excuses for things the company was already going to do. That way management says “look at McKinsey presentation” or “McKinsey says raise prices” and passes the buck to them in a very expensive way.