Cash, Guns, and a Lap Dancing Drug Rep

Earlier this month, five Insys Therapeutics pharmaceutical executives were found guilty of racketeering for their attempts to bribe doctors to prescribe the company's Subsys fentanyl spray, which was approved as a pain reliever for cancer patients, to people who didn't even need it. Their scheme included strippers, guns, cash, and even a rap video including a dancing drug bottle mascot. It's also linked to more than 900 overdose deaths.

Publication Date: 5/20/19

Runtime: 13 mins, 21 seconds

Article Referenced: "Top Executives of Insys, an Opioid Company, Are Found Guilty of Racketeering," New York Times, 5/2/19

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