Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Episode 229: Opioids III – The Sacklers
Overview
John Oliver explains how the Sackler family has been handling lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, how hard they've been fighting to defend their name, and why you should judge the situation for yourself.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2021-08-08
- Runtime
- 32 min
Episode context
Episode 229: Opioids III – The Sacklers is Episode 20 in Season 8 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2021-08-08. The runtime is 32 min.
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