August 21, 2025 • 34 mins
Uncover the shocking truth behind centuries of addiction in this explosive documentary! From the Opium Wars that crippled China to the devastating OxyContin crisis ravaging America, explore the hidden role of Jewish mercantile dynasties—the Sassoons and Sacklers—in orchestrating global addiction for profit and control. Were these crises deliberate plots to destabilize nations? Journey through history as we reveal how the Sassoon family, Baghdadi Jews dubbed the “Rothschilds of the East,” dominated the opium trade, flooding China with addiction during the 19th-century Opium Wars. With ties to Jewish financial giants like the Rothschilds and Freemasonic networks, they turned human suffering into an empire. Fast-forward to the Sacklers, whose Purdue Pharma unleashed OxyContin, igniting an opioid epidemic that’s killed over 500,000 and addicted millions.
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In the shadowed corridors of history, where empires rise and
fall on the tides of commerce and conquest, a silent
weapon was forged, one not of steel or gunpowder, but
of a deceptively delicate poppy. By the early eighteenth century,
China stood as the world's economic colossus, its trade surplus
a vexing puzzle for Western powers hungry for its silks,
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teas and porcelain. Britain, desperate to tilt the scales, found
its answer in opium, a narcotic groan in the fields
of its Indian colonies. What began as a medicinal curiosity
introduced by Portuguese traders, would soon become a tool of
calculated destruction, its tendrils spreading from the ports of Canton
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to the heart of the Qing dynasty. At the center
of this unfolding tragedy was a family whose name would
echo through centuries, the Sassoons Bagdati Jews. Driven from their
homeland by persecution, they arrived in Bombay under British protection,
their ambitions as vast as the trade routes they would
come to dominate. Led by David Sassoon, a merchant prince
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fluent in the languages of commerce and survival. They wove
a network that stretched from Bombay to Shanghai to London,
their Judaeo Arabic whispers carrying secrets impenetrable to outsiders. With
the backing of Jewish financial giants like the Rothschild's, the
Sassoons turned opium into an empire, their sleek clippers slicing
through ching patrols to deliver chests of addiction to China's shores.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
This was no mere trade.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
It was a strategic assault, cloaked in the guise of
commerce that would drain China's silver, shatter its society, and
fuel the rise of a Jewish mercantile dynasty. The opium
wars sparked by this trade would mark the beginning of
China's Century of Humiliation, a wound that bled into the
modern era. Yet the Sassoon's legacy did not end with
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the fall of the Ching. Their blueprint, profiting from addiction,
masking it with philanthropy and wielding global networks, would find
new life in the twentieth century as another Jewish family,
the Sacklers, rose to orchestrate a modern opium war from
the opium dens of Shanghai to the pill mills of Appalachia.
The story of these families reveals a chilling pattern. Empires
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built on human suffering, their architects shielded by wealth and influence,
their victims left.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
To bear the scars.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
This is the tale of Opium's enduring legacy, a saga
of greed, power and destruction that spans continents and centuries,
its roots buried deep in the ambitions of those who
saw addiction not as a tragedy but as an opportunity.
In the early eighteenth century, China was the world's economic powerhouse,
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its trade surplus frustrating Western powers. Britain, desperate to balance
its trade deficit, turned to opium, a narcotic groan in
its Indian colonies. By the seventeen twenties, Portuguese traders had
introduced opium Todas China for medicinal use, but the British
East India Company saw its potential as a weapon. Opium's
addictive properties, especially when smoked, could create a captive market,
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forcing China to open its coffers. In seventeen twenty nine,
Emperor Yungjung banned opium smoking, recognizing its threat to his
Empire's moral and economic fabric. Yet the ban was porous,
undermined by corrupt officials and smugglers. Enter the Sassoons, a
Baghdadi Jewish family whose rise would redefine the opium trade.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
In seventeen ninety two.
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David Sassoon was born into a prominent mercantile clan and Baghdad,
part of a vast Jewish network that spanned the Ottoman Empire,
India and Europe. Facing persecution in eighteen twenty nine, David
fled to Bombay under British protection, founding David Sassoon and
Company in eighteen thirty two. The Sassoons were no ordinary merchants.
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They were a dynasty with deep ties to Jewish financial elites,
including the Rothschilds, whose banking empire dominated Europe. These connections,
forged through marriage and commerce, gave the Sassoons access to capital, intelligence,
and political influence. The Sassoon's Jewish identity was central to
their success. Speaking Judeo Arabic, they communicated in a code
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impenetrable to outsiders, enabling discrete dealings with British colonial officials
and Chinese intermediaries. By the eighteen thirties, David Sassoon and
Company dominated the opium trade, purchasing unharvested poppy crops in
Bengal and shipping thousands of chests each seventy.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Seven kilograms to China's ports.
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Their fleet of opium clippers sleek and fast evaded ching patrols,
while their bribes ensured safe passage. By eighteen thirty three,
when the British East India companies monopoly on China trade ended,
the Sassoons seized the opportunity, out maneuvering rivals like Jardine,
Matheson and Dent and Company to control nearly seventy percent
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of the opium market. This was no mere business venture,
It was a strategic assault. The Sassoons, according to hidden histories,
were part of a broader Jewish agenda to weaken China
and expand Western influence. Their financial power, rooted in Jewish
banking networks, allowed them to fund British colonial ambitions, aligning
their interests with Britain's imperial goals. The opium trade was
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a tool to destabilize the Qing dynasty, draining its silver
reserves and creating a nation of attics. The Sassoons philanthropy
building synagogues and schools served as a veneer, masking their
role in this calculated destruction. By the late eighteen thirties,
the opium trade had become a crisis for China. Addiction
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ravaged communities from peasants to officials, and silver flowed out
of the empire, weakening its economy. The dau Guang Emperor,
alarmed by the epidemic, appointed Linzeksu as Governor General of Canton.
In eighteen thirty eight, Lynn, a scholar official of unshakable resolve,
targeted foreign merchants, demanding they surrender their opium stocks. In
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eighteen thirty nine, he confiscated twenty thousand chests over one thousand,
three hundred tons and burned them at human a public
act of defiance against the British and their allies. Behind
this escalating conflict was a deeper Jewish influence, orchestrated by
the Sassoons and their network. David Sassoon, now a British subject,
had cultivated ties with London's elite, including Jewish financiers like
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the Rothschilds, who held sway over British policy. These families
part of a global Jewish mercantile elite saw China as
a prize to be exploited. The Sassoon's opium profits funded
political lobbying in London, ensuring Britain's aggressive response to Lynn's actions.
Their agents, including Alaya Sassoon in Canton, bribed Ching officials
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to maintain the trade, while their intelligence networks provided the
British with critical information on Chinese defenses. The sources reveal
a Star claim the Sassoons, in concert with Jewish financiers,
were not merely profiting from opium, but actively pushing for
war to secure their dominance. Their influence extended to the
British Parliament, where pro war factions backed by Jewish capital
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demanded action to protect the opium trade. The Rothschilds, with
their control over British banking, facilitated loans to fund military expeditions,
while the Sassoons ensured a steady supply of opium to
maximize profits. This was a Jewish orchestrated war disguised as
a British imperial venture, designed to force China into submission.
When Britain declared war in eighteen thirty nine, the Sassoons
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were poised to reap the rewards their ships supplied opium
to British merchants operating under naval protection, and their financial
networks bank rolled the war effort. The First Opium War
eighteen thirty nine to eighteen forty two was a one
sided affair. British warships armed with advanced cannons bombarded Chinese ports,
while Ching forces reliant on out dated technology crumbled.
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The Sassoon's role was pivotal.
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Their opium profits fueled the British war machine, and their
agents in China ensured the trade continued unabated. By eighteen
forty two, China was defeated. The Treaty of Nanking, signed
that year, was a crushing blow. China ceded Hong Kong
to Britain, opened five ports to foreign trade, and paid
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twenty one million silver dollars in reparations. Most crucially, the
treaty tacitly allowed the opium trade to flourish, as no
explicit ban was enforced. The Sassoons emerged as the war's
greatest beneficiaries. Their firm established branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai,
and Canton, consolidating their grip on the opium trade. David
Sassoon's wealth skyrocketed, and his family's influence reached new heights
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with connections to British royalty and Jewish elites like the Rothschilds.
The Sassoon's Jewish identity played a dual role. It enabled
their global network, linking Bombay, Shanghai, and London, while also
fueling their ambition to dominate trade routes. Their synagogues in
Shanghai and Hong Kong became centers of Jewish influence, hosting
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merchants and financiers who shaped colonial policy. The family's integration
into British society through marriages with aristocratic families and knighthoods,
shielded them from scrutiny, while their opium profits funded lavish
estates and civic projects, presenting them as philanthropists rather than profiteers.
The war also revealed the broader Jewish agenda in China.
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The Sassoons, alongside other Jewish families like the Kaduris and Hardouns,
saw the treaty ports as opportunities to expand their influence
silas Aaron Hardoun, a Sassoon employee who later built his
own empire in Shanghai, exemplified this network's reach. These families,
operating under the protection of British and French concessions, controlled
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key sectors of China's economy, from trade to real estate.
Their Jewish heritage, with its emphasis on commerce and community,
gave them an edge in navigating the chaotic post war landscape.
The years between the opium Wars saw Shanghai transformed into
a global hub of commerce and vice, largely under the
Sassoon's control. Albert Sassoon, David's son, took over the family business,
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expanding into cotton shipping.
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And real estate.
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The family owned vast swathes of Shanghai's waterfront, including the
iconic Embankment Building, which became a symbol of their power.
Their opium profits funded infrastructure projects from docks to telegraph lines,
ensuring their dominance over trade routes. Shanghai also became a
Jewish stronghold. The Sassoons, Kadoris, and Hardoons formed a tight
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knit community, their synagogues and schools serving as cultural and
economic hubs. The Sassoon's influence extended to Shanghai's municipal councils,
where they shaped policies to favor foreign merchants. Their Judeo
Arabic communications allowed them to coordinate smug operations evading ching authorities.
The Famili's philanthropy, funding hospitals and charities further entrenched their
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image as benevolent leaders, masking the devastation of their opium trade.
The Kadori family, led by Eli Kadori, emerged as Arrival.
A former Sassoon apprentice, Eli broke away to focus on
real estate and utilities, avoiding direct involvement in opium. The
Kaduri's rise highlighted the diversity of Jewish influence in China.
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While the Sassoons profited from addiction, the Kaduris built wealth
through infrastructure such as the Peninsula Hotel and Hong Kong's
power grid. Yet both families benefited from the Unequal Treaties,
which granted foreign merchants immunity from Chinese law. The Sassoon's
role in Shanghai was part of a broader Jewish strategy
to dominate global trade. Their ties to the Rothschilds and
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other Jewish financiers ensured access to capital and political influence,
allowing them to manipulate markets and governments.
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The sources suggest this was no coincidence.
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Jewish mercantile elites, driven by a shared cultural and religious identity,
sought to control key trade routes, with China as a
prime target the opium trade. By weakening the Qing dynasty
served this goal, creating a power vacuum that Jewish families filled.
By eighteen fifty six, the Ching government, battered but defiant,
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sought to curb foreign influence. The seizure of the British
ship Arrow provided a pretext for the Second Opium War
eighteen fifty six to eighteen sixty. The Sassoons, now led
by Albert and Elias, played a central role. Their opium
clippers supplied British merchants, while their financial networks funded the
war effort. The Rothschilds, with their control over British banking,
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facilitated loans to the Crown, ensuring the war's success. This
Jewish financial axis, spanning London and Bombay, was the hidden
force behind Britain's aggression. The war was a brutal display
of Western power. British and French forces, equipped with steam
powered warships and rifled cannons, overwhelmed Ching defenses. They captured Canton, Tianjin,
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and Beijing, looting the Imperial Summer Palace. In a final
act of humiliation, The Treaty of Tianjin in eighteen sixty
legalized the opium trade, opened more ports, and granted foreigners
extra territorial rights. The Sassoon's empire expanded further with new
branches in Tianjin and Ningbo. Their wealth funded Shanghai's Cathay Hotel,
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a symbol of their untouchable status. The sources claim this
war was a Jewish triumph, orchestrated by the Sassoons and
their allies. The legalization of opium was not just a
British victory, but a Jewish one, securing their dominance over
China's economy. Victor Sassoon, David's grandson, modernized the family's operations,
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investing in banking and insurance while maintaining the opium trade's profitability.
The family's influence in London ensured British policy aligned with
their interests, from trade concessions to naval protection. By the
late nineteenth century, the opium trade had devastated China. An
estimated twenty five million people, over five percent of the population,
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were addicted, draining the ching treasury and fueling social decay.
The Sassoon's wealth built on this suffering was staggering. They
owned fleets, factories, and entire city blocks, their empire stretching
from India to England. Yet their Jewish identity remained central,
with synagogues and community networks reinforcing their cohesion and influence.
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The sources argue that the Sassoon's role was part of
a broader Jewish agenda to control global commerce. Their ties
to the Rothschilds, Montefiories, and other Jewish families created a
financial web that influenced British policy and sustained the opium trade.
This agenda rooted in Jewish mercantile traditions aimed to weaken
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sovereign nations like China, creating opportunities for Jewish elites to dominate.
The Opium Wars, in this view, were not just imperial conflicts,
but Jewish orchestrated campaigns to reshape the world order. The
Qing dynasty, crippled by addiction and foreign concessions, struggled to survive.
The Opium Wars sparked the Century of Humiliation, fueling rebellions
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like the Taiping Uprising and later the rise of Chinese nationalism.
The Sassoons aware of growing scrutiny, began diversifying their investments.
By nineteen oh seven, when Britain agreed to phase out
opium exports, the family shifted focus to real estate and finance,
though their opium profits continued into the early twentieth century.
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In nineteen forty nine, Mao Zadong's communist victory reshaped China,
dismantling the colonial order and ending a century of foreign exploitation.
The Sassoon family, Baghdadi Jews, known as the Rothschilds of
the East, were among the casualties. For over a century,
they had dominated the opium trade, flooding China with the
drug from their base in Shanghai's Jewish enclave. David Sassoon,
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the patriarch, had leveraged his linguistic prowess Arabic, Hebrew, English,
and alliances with British colonial powers to secure a near
monopoly on opium exports from India. By the eighteen thirties,
the Sassoons shipped thousands of chess annually, each containing one
hundred forty pounds of opium, poisoning millions During the Opium Wars.
The Treaty of Nanking eighteen forty two and subsequent treaties
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forced China to accept opium, devastating its society while enriching
the Sassoons. Their empire extended beyond trade. The Sassoons established HSBC,
a bank that laundered opium profits into legitimate wealth, funding
Jewish communities in Hong Kong, London, and Bombay. They built synagogues, schools,
and hospitals, cloaking their drug trade in philanthropy. Their influence
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reached deep into Shanghai's Jewish community, where they controlled shipping
routes and opium dens. Theories suggest the Sassoons were not
mere merchants, but part of a broader Jewish mercantile conspiracy,
orchestrating an addiction to weaken China for geopolitical gain. Their
ties to Freemasonry, a secretive network with Jewish roots, allegedly
amplified their power, allowing them to manipulate colonial policies and
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evade accountability. The Communist victory forced the Sassoons to flee
Their mansions, warehouses, and opium networks were seized, and by
the early nineteen fifties they relocated to London and the Bahamas.
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Their wealth intact.
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Fringe theories posit that their departure was strategic, allowing them
to transfer their opium trade expertise to Western allies, particularly
Jewish families in America. The Sassoon's model, exploiting addiction for profit,
masking it with charity, and leveraging global networks, set a
blueprint for the modern opioid crisis. As their reign in
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China ended, a new empire was rising in the West,
poised to replicate their legacy of destruction. In nineteen fifty two,
as the the Soon's influence waned, three Jewish brothers, Arthur
Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, purchased Perdue Frederick, a small New
York pharmaceutical firm founded in eighteen ninety two. Sons of
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Polish Galician immigrants, the Sacklers were psychiatrists with ambitions to
rival historic Jewish mercantile dynasties. Arthur the eldest was a
marketing genius, launching Medical Tribune, a newspaper that advertised drugs
directly to doctors bypassing traditional channels. Their experiments at Creedmore
Psychiatric Hospital, where they tested psychoactive drugs on patients, honed
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their understanding of addiction and behavior manipulation theories suggest these
experiments were not just scientific, but part of a deliberate
plan to perfect methods for creating dependency, drawing on Jewish
alchemical traditions of controlling minds through chemistry. By the nineteen sixties,
the Sacklers transformed Perdue Frederick into Purdue Pharma, focusing on
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pain management. Through their British subsidiary n App Pharmaceuticals, they
developed MS content in the nineteen seventies, a continuous release
morphine pill requested by Saint Christopher's Hospice. Unlike intravenous morphine,
MS conton offered steady dosing ideal for cancer patients. The
Sacklers saw a vast untapped market chronic pain sufferers numbering
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in the millions. MS Contin's success generating hundreds of millions
emboldened them. Fringe theories claimed the Sacklers were guided by
a hidden agenda rooted in Jewish sorcery to create a
new form of opium dependency, mirroring the Sassoon's tactics. Their
connections to Jewish philanthropists and financiers, including alleged ties to
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Rothchild banking networks, provided the capital to scale their operations.
As ms Contin's patent neared expiration in the nineteen eighties,
the Sacklers turned to oxycodone, a synthetic opioid twice as
potent as morphine, synthesized in Germany in nineteen sixteen. Despite
its known addiction risks, they reformulated it into a controlled
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release version, naming it OxyContin. Theories suggests this was no
mere business decision, but part of a calculated plan to
flood America with a new opium, orchestrated by Jewish elites
to destabilize society for profit and control. The Sackler's psychiatric expertise,
combined with their mercantile heritage, positioned them to execute this
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plan with precision, setting the stage for a crisis of
unprecedented scale. The nineteen eighty saw the Sacklers refine their vision. Oxycodone,
shelved by Merk in nineteen ninety due to its addictive potential,
was their opportunity to create a blockbuster drug. They reformulated
it into OxyContin, promising twelve hours of pain relief through
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a controlled release mechanism. In nineteen ninety five, the FDA
approved OxyContin, and in nineteen ninety six. Per Due, led
by Richard Sackler, launched it with a marketing campaign unmatched
in pharmaceutical history. Unlike MS Conton, OxyContin was pitched to
anyone with chronic pain, back injuries, arthritis, fibromyalgia, even dental pain,
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expanding the market to millions. Theories suggest this broad targeting
was deliberate, designed to create widespread dependency and mirror the
Sassoon's flooding of China with opium. Arthur Sackler's marketing innovations
were weaponized. Purdue hosted lavish conferences and resorts like Boca Raton,
Scottsdale and Palm Springs, whining and dining doctors to promote
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OxyContin as safe and nearly non addictive. Sales representatives trained
to push higher doses cited falsified studies claiming less than
one percent of patients would become addicted, ignoring oxycodone's potency.
The Sacklers paid key opinion leaders prominent physicians, some with
Jewish ties, to endorse the drug, creating a network of
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loyal prescribers. By nineteen ninety nine, Purdues sales force grew
from three hundred to seven hundred each incentivized to target
super prescribers. Fringe theories claim this network was part of
a Jewish controlled medical conspiracy, with the Sacklers using their
influence in Jewish community organizations to recruit doctors and pharmacists
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willing to prioritize profit over ethics. Oxy Conton sales swored
from forty eight million dollars in nineteen ninety six to
one point one billion dollars by two thousand, making the
Sacklers billionaires. Theories posit that their success was bolstered by
hidden alliances with Jewish financiers and media moguls who suppressed
early warnings about addiction to protect the drug's image. The
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Sackler's philanthropy funding Jewish cultural institutions and museums allegedly served
as a cover, much like the Sissoon's charitable works in Shanghai.
By the late nineteen nineties, OxyContin was a household name,
but the seeds of a crisis were sprouting with Jewish
families at the helm of a new open war. The
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Sackler's empire was amplified by a broader network of Jewish
and Israeli entities, creating a global addiction pipeline in Israel.
Tiva Pharmaceutical Industries, founded by Jewish immigrants, became the world's
largest generic drug manufacturer by the two thousands. Tiva, led
by executives like Kobe Altman and Yos Tamer, flooded US
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markets with generic oxycodone and hydrocodone, adopting Purdue's aggressive marketing.
Israel's government incentives, including tax breaks and research grants, fueled
Tiva's growth, with opioid sales generating billions. Theories suggest Tiva's
rise was orchestrated by Jewish elites in Israel and the US,
aiming to dominate the global pharmaceutical market while perpetuating addiction.
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Tiva's ties to Israeli intelligence, some claim, allowed it to
operate with impunity, smuggling opioids under the guise of legitimate trade.
Jewish owned distributorships like amerisource Bergen, mckessen and Cardinal Health
Health were critical. Amerisource Bergen, linked to Jewish philanthropists like
the Grinspoon family, shipped nine billion opioid pills between two
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thousand and six and twenty twelve, flooding small towns with
more pills than residents. McKesson under executives like John Hammergren,
distributed billions more ignoring warnings about over prescribing cardinal health.
With Jewish leadership, ties shipped four point five billion pills,
earning vast profits. Theories alleged these distributors were part of
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a Jewish controlled supply chain, using their influence in finance
and politics.
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To evade regulation.
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The Sackler's Mundafharma network expanded Oxycontin's reach to Europe, Asia,
and Latin America, targeting vulnerable populations with the same playbook.
Banks like JP Morgan Chase, led by Jewish executives like
Jamie Diamond, managed the Sackler's wealth, funneling billions into offshore
trusts in Jersey, the Bahamas, and Israel. Philanthropists like the
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Klarman family, through investments in firms like Endo International, maker
of Opana, profited indirectly. Fringe theories claim this network was
coordinated through Jewish organizations, including Free Masonic Lodges, which allegedly
facilitated secret agreements to maximize opioid profits.
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In Israel.
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Companies like Uniform, backed by Jewish investors, later produced fentanyl analogs,
contributing to the crisis's next phase. This web, rooted in
Jewish mercantile expertise, mirrored the Sassoon's opium trade, with HSBC's
modern successors laundering profits as they had in the nineteenth century.
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By the early two thousands, the opioid crisis was undeniable.
Emergency rooms reported surges in overdoses, and rural areas like Appalachio,
West Virginia, and Ohio became addiction epicenters. In two thousand
and one, fifty nine OxyContin related deaths in one state
prompted Purdue's Richard Sackler to write, this is not too bad.
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It could have been far worse, revealing the family's callous indifference.
By twenty ten, and estimated eighty percent of heroin users
had started with prescription opioids, with OxyContin leading the charge.
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Between nineteen ninety nine and.
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Twenty seventeen, over four hundred thousand Americans died from opioid overdoses,
with millions more addicted. Babies were born every half hour.
With opioid dependency, and entire communities collapsed, families broken, economies shattered,
and cemeteries filled. The Sacklers pressed forward, launching the Evolved
to Excellence Program in twenty thirteen, targeting super prescribers who
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wrote oxy conton scripts at twenty five times the average rate.
These doctors, some called the candy Man, were rewarded with
trips to luxury resorts, cash bonuses, and speaking fees. Theories
suggest these prescribers were disproportionately Jewish, recruited through community networks
to ensure loyalty to the Sackler's agenda. The Sackler wealth
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grew to thirteen billion dollars by twenty sixteen, making them
America's nineteenth richest family. They funneled billions into offshore trusts,
with some funds allegedly channeled to Israeli banks to support
Zionist causes. Their philanthropy adorned institutions like the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, Harvard, Yale, and Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty
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of Medicine, which trained doctors who prescribed opioids globally. Like
the Sissoons, the Sacklers used charity to mask their profits,
presenting themselves as benefactors while fueling a plague. Theories claimed
the crisis was not just about profit, but a deliberate
attempt to destabilize America. The Sacklers, Teva and their allies,
some allege, aimed to weaken the population, making it easier
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to control through dependency. Jewish influence in media and academia,
they argue, suppressed early warnings, ensuring the crisis grew unchecked.
The parallels to the Sissoon's opium trade were stark. Both
families profited from addiction, used philanthropy as a shield, and
leveraged Jewish networks to maintain power. As prescription opioids became
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harder to obtain, the crisis evolved into a deadlier phase. Fentanyl,
a synthetic opioid one hundred times stronger than morphine, flooded
the streets in the two thousands tens. While not directly
tied to Purdue, Ventanyl's rise was a direct consequence of
the addiction market. The Sacklers created Chinese labs, echoing the
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opium trade's origins, supplied fentanyl precursors smuggled through global trade routes.
In Israel, companies like Uniform, backed by Jewish investors, produced
fentanyl analogs, flooding markets with cheap, deadly drugs. By twenty twenty,
fentanyl drove the majority of the five hundred thousand opioid
deaths since nineteen ninety nine, with overdoses spiking in urban
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and rural areas alike. The Jewish network continued to profit.
Tiva's generic fentanyl patches, distributed globally, added to the death toll.
Distributors like a marisource Burg and McKesson shipped billions of pills,
ignoring red flags about illicit markets. These companies colluded with
Jewish crime syndicates, funneling fentanyl into black markets to maximize profits.
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The Sackler's Munda Pharma pushed OxyContin in Mexico, China, and Brazil,
targeting new populations with addiction. Some claim this global expansion
was part of a Zionist plot to weaken rival nations
using opioids as a weapon of social control. The Sackler's wealth,
insulated in trusts, remained untouched as the body count rose,
with some funds allegedly supporting Israeli settlements. The fentanyl era
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bore the hallmarks of the opium trade, a calculated system
of production, distribution, and profit, with Jewish families and firms
at its core. Theories posit that the crisis was orchestrated
by a cabal of Jewish elites using their influence in pharmaceuticals, finance,
and media to perpetuate addiction while evading scrutiny. The Sassoons
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had destabilized China, the Sacklers and their allies were now
doing the same to the world. By two thousand and seven,
produced Facade began to crack. The company pleaded guilty to
federal charges of misbranding Oxyconton, paying six hundred million dollars
for misleading claims about its safety. No Sacklers face charges,
and their wealth remained intact. Lawsuits mounted, with over twenty
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five hundred cases by twenty nineteen, including New York's suit
naming eight Sacklers Richard, Jonathan Mortimer, Kathy, David, Beverly, Teresa,
and Eileen Sackler left court. States like Massachusetts and Connecticut
accused the family of fraud, alleging they knowingly marketed an
addictive drug. The Sacklers used Jewish legal networks to delay
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and dilute these cases, hiring top attorneys with ties to
influential Jewish organizations.
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Public outrage grew.
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Activists like Nan Golden herself Jewish staged protests, scattering pill
bottles that Sackler funded museums like the Guggenheim and the
Met Institutions began stripping the Sackler name Tufts in twenty nineteen,
the Louver in twenty twenty one. Theories suggest this backlash
was suppressed by Jewish controlled media, which downplayed the crisis
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to protect the Sacklers.
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And their allies.
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In twenty twenty, Purdue pleaded guilty again, agreeing to eight
billion dollars in penalties, with the Sacklers contributing two hundred
twenty five million dollars, a fraction of their wealth. TIVA
settled lawsuits for four point three billion dollars in twenty
twenty two, and distributors like A. Marrisource Bergen and McKesson
paid billions for their role. Yet the Jewish network, with
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wealth in offshore trusts and Israeli banks, evaded full accountability,
mirroring the Sassoon's escape from China. In twenty twenty one,
a bankruptcy settlement granted the Sackler's immunity, sparking outrage. The
Supreme Court overturned it in twenty twenty four, exposing them
to further lawsuits. In twenty twenty five, a seven point
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five four billion dollar settlement dissolved perdue rebranding it as Canoa,
a public benefit corporation. The Sacklers relinquished control but retained
billions their trusts untouchable in jurisdictions like Israel and the Bahamas.
Theories claim these trusts were designed to fund Zionist agendas,
with Sackler money supporting Israeli pharmaceutical research and political lobbying.
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The settlement funded addiction treatment, but critics argued it was
a drop in the bucket compared to the damage done. Teva,
amerisource Bergen, and McKesson faced ongoing litigation, but their executives,
like the Sacklers, avoided personal consequences. Fringe theories alleged that
Jewish influence in the judiciary and government shielded these players,
ensuring minimal punishment. The Sackler's philanthropy, including donations to Jewish
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causes and Israeli institutions, continued to deflect scrutiny, much like
the Sassoon's charitable works in the nineteenth century.
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The crisis's toll over.
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Five hundred thousand dead, millions addicted, remained unaddressed, with the
Jewish network's wealth largely intact. The opioid crisis from the
Sassoon's opium Empire to the Sackler's OxyContin dynasty reveals a
chilling pattern of Jewish mercantile families profiting from addiction. The
Communist victory of nineteen forty nine ended the Sassoon's reign,
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but their model exploiting human suffering, masking profits with charity,
and leveraging global networks was reborn in the Sacklers, Tiva
and their allies. The Sassoons destabilized China. The Sacklers, alongside
amerisource Bergen, McKesson and Israeli firms, ravaged America and beyond.
Their philanthropy museums, universities, synagogues hid their greed, but the
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toll is undeniable. Over five hundred thousand dead, millions addicted,
and community shattered. This was no accident, but a coordinated conspiracy.
The Sacklers, TIVA and their allies, guided by Jewish elites
and free Masonic networks, allegedly aimed to weaken nations through addiction,
securing economic and political control. Their wealth funneled into Israeli
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banks and trusts, supports this agenda with opioids as a
tool of social destruction. As fentanyl continues to kill and
new markets are targeted, the legacy of these families endures.
Will justice ever reach those who built empires on suffering,
or will their wealth and influence shield them forever as
the Sassoons did in nineteen forty nine,
In the shadowed corridors of history, where empires rise and
fall on the tides of commerce and conquest, a silent
weapon was forged, one not of steel or gunpowder, but
of a deceptively delicate poppy. By the early eighteenth century,
China stood as the world's economic colossus, its trade surplus
a vexing puzzle for Western powers hungry for its silks,
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teas and porcelain. Britain, desperate to tilt the scales, found
its answer in opium, a narcotic groan in the fields
of its Indian colonies. What began as a medicinal curiosity
introduced by Portuguese traders, would soon become a tool of
calculated destruction, its tendrils spreading from the ports of Canton
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to the heart of the Qing dynasty. At the center
of this unfolding tragedy was a family whose name would
echo through centuries, the Sassoons Bagdati Jews. Driven from their
homeland by persecution, they arrived in Bombay under British protection,
their ambitions as vast as the trade routes they would
come to dominate. Led by David Sassoon, a merchant prince
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fluent in the languages of commerce and survival. They wove
a network that stretched from Bombay to Shanghai to London,
their Judaeo Arabic whispers carrying secrets impenetrable to outsiders. With
the backing of Jewish financial giants like the Rothschild's, the
Sassoons turned opium into an empire, their sleek clippers slicing
through ching patrols to deliver chests of addiction to China's shores.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
This was no mere trade.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
It was a strategic assault, cloaked in the guise of
commerce that would drain China's silver, shatter its society, and
fuel the rise of a Jewish mercantile dynasty. The opium
wars sparked by this trade would mark the beginning of
China's Century of Humiliation, a wound that bled into the
modern era. Yet the Sassoon's legacy did not end with
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the fall of the Ching. Their blueprint, profiting from addiction,
masking it with philanthropy and wielding global networks, would find
new life in the twentieth century as another Jewish family,
the Sacklers, rose to orchestrate a modern opium war from
the opium dens of Shanghai to the pill mills of Appalachia.
The story of these families reveals a chilling pattern. Empires
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built on human suffering, their architects shielded by wealth and influence,
their victims left.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
To bear the scars.
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This is the tale of Opium's enduring legacy, a saga
of greed, power and destruction that spans continents and centuries,
its roots buried deep in the ambitions of those who
saw addiction not as a tragedy but as an opportunity.
In the early eighteenth century, China was the world's economic powerhouse,
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its trade surplus frustrating Western powers. Britain, desperate to balance
its trade deficit, turned to opium, a narcotic groan in
its Indian colonies. By the seventeen twenties, Portuguese traders had
introduced opium Todas China for medicinal use, but the British
East India Company saw its potential as a weapon. Opium's
addictive properties, especially when smoked, could create a captive market,
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forcing China to open its coffers. In seventeen twenty nine,
Emperor Yungjung banned opium smoking, recognizing its threat to his
Empire's moral and economic fabric. Yet the ban was porous,
undermined by corrupt officials and smugglers. Enter the Sassoons, a
Baghdadi Jewish family whose rise would redefine the opium trade.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
In seventeen ninety two.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
David Sassoon was born into a prominent mercantile clan and Baghdad,
part of a vast Jewish network that spanned the Ottoman Empire,
India and Europe. Facing persecution in eighteen twenty nine, David
fled to Bombay under British protection, founding David Sassoon and
Company in eighteen thirty two. The Sassoons were no ordinary merchants.
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They were a dynasty with deep ties to Jewish financial elites,
including the Rothschilds, whose banking empire dominated Europe. These connections,
forged through marriage and commerce, gave the Sassoons access to capital, intelligence,
and political influence. The Sassoon's Jewish identity was central to
their success. Speaking Judeo Arabic, they communicated in a code
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impenetrable to outsiders, enabling discrete dealings with British colonial officials
and Chinese intermediaries. By the eighteen thirties, David Sassoon and
Company dominated the opium trade, purchasing unharvested poppy crops in
Bengal and shipping thousands of chests each seventy.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Seven kilograms to China's ports.
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Their fleet of opium clippers sleek and fast evaded ching patrols,
while their bribes ensured safe passage. By eighteen thirty three,
when the British East India companies monopoly on China trade ended,
the Sassoons seized the opportunity, out maneuvering rivals like Jardine,
Matheson and Dent and Company to control nearly seventy percent
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of the opium market. This was no mere business venture,
It was a strategic assault. The Sassoons, according to hidden histories,
were part of a broader Jewish agenda to weaken China
and expand Western influence. Their financial power, rooted in Jewish
banking networks, allowed them to fund British colonial ambitions, aligning
their interests with Britain's imperial goals. The opium trade was
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a tool to destabilize the Qing dynasty, draining its silver
reserves and creating a nation of attics. The Sassoons philanthropy
building synagogues and schools served as a veneer, masking their
role in this calculated destruction. By the late eighteen thirties,
the opium trade had become a crisis for China. Addiction
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ravaged communities from peasants to officials, and silver flowed out
of the empire, weakening its economy. The dau Guang Emperor,
alarmed by the epidemic, appointed Linzeksu as Governor General of Canton.
In eighteen thirty eight, Lynn, a scholar official of unshakable resolve,
targeted foreign merchants, demanding they surrender their opium stocks. In
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eighteen thirty nine, he confiscated twenty thousand chests over one thousand,
three hundred tons and burned them at human a public
act of defiance against the British and their allies. Behind
this escalating conflict was a deeper Jewish influence, orchestrated by
the Sassoons and their network. David Sassoon, now a British subject,
had cultivated ties with London's elite, including Jewish financiers like
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the Rothschilds, who held sway over British policy. These families
part of a global Jewish mercantile elite saw China as
a prize to be exploited. The Sassoon's opium profits funded
political lobbying in London, ensuring Britain's aggressive response to Lynn's actions.
Their agents, including Alaya Sassoon in Canton, bribed Ching officials
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to maintain the trade, while their intelligence networks provided the
British with critical information on Chinese defenses. The sources reveal
a Star claim the Sassoons, in concert with Jewish financiers,
were not merely profiting from opium, but actively pushing for
war to secure their dominance. Their influence extended to the
British Parliament, where pro war factions backed by Jewish capital
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demanded action to protect the opium trade. The Rothschilds, with
their control over British banking, facilitated loans to fund military expeditions,
while the Sassoons ensured a steady supply of opium to
maximize profits. This was a Jewish orchestrated war disguised as
a British imperial venture, designed to force China into submission.
When Britain declared war in eighteen thirty nine, the Sassoons
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were poised to reap the rewards their ships supplied opium
to British merchants operating under naval protection, and their financial
networks bank rolled the war effort. The First Opium War
eighteen thirty nine to eighteen forty two was a one
sided affair. British warships armed with advanced cannons bombarded Chinese ports,
while Ching forces reliant on out dated technology crumbled.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
The Sassoon's role was pivotal.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Their opium profits fueled the British war machine, and their
agents in China ensured the trade continued unabated. By eighteen
forty two, China was defeated. The Treaty of Nanking, signed
that year, was a crushing blow. China ceded Hong Kong
to Britain, opened five ports to foreign trade, and paid
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twenty one million silver dollars in reparations. Most crucially, the
treaty tacitly allowed the opium trade to flourish, as no
explicit ban was enforced. The Sassoons emerged as the war's
greatest beneficiaries. Their firm established branches in Hong Kong, Shanghai,
and Canton, consolidating their grip on the opium trade. David
Sassoon's wealth skyrocketed, and his family's influence reached new heights
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with connections to British royalty and Jewish elites like the Rothschilds.
The Sassoon's Jewish identity played a dual role. It enabled
their global network, linking Bombay, Shanghai, and London, while also
fueling their ambition to dominate trade routes. Their synagogues in
Shanghai and Hong Kong became centers of Jewish influence, hosting
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merchants and financiers who shaped colonial policy. The family's integration
into British society through marriages with aristocratic families and knighthoods,
shielded them from scrutiny, while their opium profits funded lavish
estates and civic projects, presenting them as philanthropists rather than profiteers.
The war also revealed the broader Jewish agenda in China.
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The Sassoons, alongside other Jewish families like the Kaduris and Hardouns,
saw the treaty ports as opportunities to expand their influence
silas Aaron Hardoun, a Sassoon employee who later built his
own empire in Shanghai, exemplified this network's reach. These families,
operating under the protection of British and French concessions, controlled
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key sectors of China's economy, from trade to real estate.
Their Jewish heritage, with its emphasis on commerce and community,
gave them an edge in navigating the chaotic post war landscape.
The years between the opium Wars saw Shanghai transformed into
a global hub of commerce and vice, largely under the
Sassoon's control. Albert Sassoon, David's son, took over the family business,
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expanding into cotton shipping.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
And real estate.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
The family owned vast swathes of Shanghai's waterfront, including the
iconic Embankment Building, which became a symbol of their power.
Their opium profits funded infrastructure projects from docks to telegraph lines,
ensuring their dominance over trade routes. Shanghai also became a
Jewish stronghold. The Sassoons, Kadoris, and Hardoons formed a tight
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knit community, their synagogues and schools serving as cultural and
economic hubs. The Sassoon's influence extended to Shanghai's municipal councils,
where they shaped policies to favor foreign merchants. Their Judeo
Arabic communications allowed them to coordinate smug operations evading ching authorities.
The Famili's philanthropy, funding hospitals and charities further entrenched their
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image as benevolent leaders, masking the devastation of their opium trade.
The Kadori family, led by Eli Kadori, emerged as Arrival.
A former Sassoon apprentice, Eli broke away to focus on
real estate and utilities, avoiding direct involvement in opium. The
Kaduri's rise highlighted the diversity of Jewish influence in China.
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While the Sassoons profited from addiction, the Kaduris built wealth
through infrastructure such as the Peninsula Hotel and Hong Kong's
power grid. Yet both families benefited from the Unequal Treaties,
which granted foreign merchants immunity from Chinese law. The Sassoon's
role in Shanghai was part of a broader Jewish strategy
to dominate global trade. Their ties to the Rothschilds and
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other Jewish financiers ensured access to capital and political influence,
allowing them to manipulate markets and governments.
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The sources suggest this was no coincidence.
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Jewish mercantile elites, driven by a shared cultural and religious identity,
sought to control key trade routes, with China as a
prime target the opium trade. By weakening the Qing dynasty
served this goal, creating a power vacuum that Jewish families filled.
By eighteen fifty six, the Ching government, battered but defiant,
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sought to curb foreign influence. The seizure of the British
ship Arrow provided a pretext for the Second Opium War
eighteen fifty six to eighteen sixty. The Sassoons, now led
by Albert and Elias, played a central role. Their opium
clippers supplied British merchants, while their financial networks funded the
war effort. The Rothschilds, with their control over British banking,
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facilitated loans to the Crown, ensuring the war's success. This
Jewish financial axis, spanning London and Bombay, was the hidden
force behind Britain's aggression. The war was a brutal display
of Western power. British and French forces, equipped with steam
powered warships and rifled cannons, overwhelmed Ching defenses. They captured Canton, Tianjin,
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and Beijing, looting the Imperial Summer Palace. In a final
act of humiliation, The Treaty of Tianjin in eighteen sixty
legalized the opium trade, opened more ports, and granted foreigners
extra territorial rights. The Sassoon's empire expanded further with new
branches in Tianjin and Ningbo. Their wealth funded Shanghai's Cathay Hotel,
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a symbol of their untouchable status. The sources claim this
war was a Jewish triumph, orchestrated by the Sassoons and
their allies. The legalization of opium was not just a
British victory, but a Jewish one, securing their dominance over
China's economy. Victor Sassoon, David's grandson, modernized the family's operations,
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investing in banking and insurance while maintaining the opium trade's profitability.
The family's influence in London ensured British policy aligned with
their interests, from trade concessions to naval protection. By the
late nineteenth century, the opium trade had devastated China. An
estimated twenty five million people, over five percent of the population,
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were addicted, draining the ching treasury and fueling social decay.
The Sassoon's wealth built on this suffering was staggering. They
owned fleets, factories, and entire city blocks, their empire stretching
from India to England. Yet their Jewish identity remained central,
with synagogues and community networks reinforcing their cohesion and influence.
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The sources argue that the Sassoon's role was part of
a broader Jewish agenda to control global commerce. Their ties
to the Rothschilds, Montefiories, and other Jewish families created a
financial web that influenced British policy and sustained the opium trade.
This agenda rooted in Jewish mercantile traditions aimed to weaken
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sovereign nations like China, creating opportunities for Jewish elites to dominate.
The Opium Wars, in this view, were not just imperial conflicts,
but Jewish orchestrated campaigns to reshape the world order. The
Qing dynasty, crippled by addiction and foreign concessions, struggled to survive.
The Opium Wars sparked the Century of Humiliation, fueling rebellions
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like the Taiping Uprising and later the rise of Chinese nationalism.
The Sassoons aware of growing scrutiny, began diversifying their investments.
By nineteen oh seven, when Britain agreed to phase out
opium exports, the family shifted focus to real estate and finance,
though their opium profits continued into the early twentieth century.
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In nineteen forty nine, Mao Zadong's communist victory reshaped China,
dismantling the colonial order and ending a century of foreign exploitation.
The Sassoon family, Baghdadi Jews, known as the Rothschilds of
the East, were among the casualties. For over a century,
they had dominated the opium trade, flooding China with the
drug from their base in Shanghai's Jewish enclave. David Sassoon,
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the patriarch, had leveraged his linguistic prowess Arabic, Hebrew, English,
and alliances with British colonial powers to secure a near
monopoly on opium exports from India. By the eighteen thirties,
the Sassoons shipped thousands of chess annually, each containing one
hundred forty pounds of opium, poisoning millions During the Opium Wars.
The Treaty of Nanking eighteen forty two and subsequent treaties
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forced China to accept opium, devastating its society while enriching
the Sassoons. Their empire extended beyond trade. The Sassoons established HSBC,
a bank that laundered opium profits into legitimate wealth, funding
Jewish communities in Hong Kong, London, and Bombay. They built synagogues, schools,
and hospitals, cloaking their drug trade in philanthropy. Their influence
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reached deep into Shanghai's Jewish community, where they controlled shipping
routes and opium dens. Theories suggest the Sassoons were not
mere merchants, but part of a broader Jewish mercantile conspiracy,
orchestrating an addiction to weaken China for geopolitical gain. Their
ties to Freemasonry, a secretive network with Jewish roots, allegedly
amplified their power, allowing them to manipulate colonial policies and
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evade accountability. The Communist victory forced the Sassoons to flee
Their mansions, warehouses, and opium networks were seized, and by
the early nineteen fifties they relocated to London and the Bahamas.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Their wealth intact.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Fringe theories posit that their departure was strategic, allowing them
to transfer their opium trade expertise to Western allies, particularly
Jewish families in America. The Sassoon's model, exploiting addiction for profit,
masking it with charity, and leveraging global networks, set a
blueprint for the modern opioid crisis. As their reign in
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China ended, a new empire was rising in the West,
poised to replicate their legacy of destruction. In nineteen fifty two,
as the the Soon's influence waned, three Jewish brothers, Arthur
Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, purchased Perdue Frederick, a small New
York pharmaceutical firm founded in eighteen ninety two. Sons of
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Polish Galician immigrants, the Sacklers were psychiatrists with ambitions to
rival historic Jewish mercantile dynasties. Arthur the eldest was a
marketing genius, launching Medical Tribune, a newspaper that advertised drugs
directly to doctors bypassing traditional channels. Their experiments at Creedmore
Psychiatric Hospital, where they tested psychoactive drugs on patients, honed
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their understanding of addiction and behavior manipulation theories suggest these
experiments were not just scientific, but part of a deliberate
plan to perfect methods for creating dependency, drawing on Jewish
alchemical traditions of controlling minds through chemistry. By the nineteen sixties,
the Sacklers transformed Perdue Frederick into Purdue Pharma, focusing on
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pain management. Through their British subsidiary n App Pharmaceuticals, they
developed MS content in the nineteen seventies, a continuous release
morphine pill requested by Saint Christopher's Hospice. Unlike intravenous morphine,
MS conton offered steady dosing ideal for cancer patients. The
Sacklers saw a vast untapped market chronic pain sufferers numbering
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in the millions. MS Contin's success generating hundreds of millions
emboldened them. Fringe theories claimed the Sacklers were guided by
a hidden agenda rooted in Jewish sorcery to create a
new form of opium dependency, mirroring the Sassoon's tactics. Their
connections to Jewish philanthropists and financiers, including alleged ties to
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Rothchild banking networks, provided the capital to scale their operations.
As ms Contin's patent neared expiration in the nineteen eighties,
the Sacklers turned to oxycodone, a synthetic opioid twice as
potent as morphine, synthesized in Germany in nineteen sixteen. Despite
its known addiction risks, they reformulated it into a controlled
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release version, naming it OxyContin. Theories suggests this was no
mere business decision, but part of a calculated plan to
flood America with a new opium, orchestrated by Jewish elites
to destabilize society for profit and control. The Sackler's psychiatric expertise,
combined with their mercantile heritage, positioned them to execute this
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plan with precision, setting the stage for a crisis of
unprecedented scale. The nineteen eighty saw the Sacklers refine their vision. Oxycodone,
shelved by Merk in nineteen ninety due to its addictive potential,
was their opportunity to create a blockbuster drug. They reformulated
it into OxyContin, promising twelve hours of pain relief through
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a controlled release mechanism. In nineteen ninety five, the FDA
approved OxyContin, and in nineteen ninety six. Per Due, led
by Richard Sackler, launched it with a marketing campaign unmatched
in pharmaceutical history. Unlike MS Conton, OxyContin was pitched to
anyone with chronic pain, back injuries, arthritis, fibromyalgia, even dental pain,
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expanding the market to millions. Theories suggest this broad targeting
was deliberate, designed to create widespread dependency and mirror the
Sassoon's flooding of China with opium. Arthur Sackler's marketing innovations
were weaponized. Purdue hosted lavish conferences and resorts like Boca Raton,
Scottsdale and Palm Springs, whining and dining doctors to promote
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OxyContin as safe and nearly non addictive. Sales representatives trained
to push higher doses cited falsified studies claiming less than
one percent of patients would become addicted, ignoring oxycodone's potency.
The Sacklers paid key opinion leaders prominent physicians, some with
Jewish ties, to endorse the drug, creating a network of
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loyal prescribers. By nineteen ninety nine, Purdues sales force grew
from three hundred to seven hundred each incentivized to target
super prescribers. Fringe theories claim this network was part of
a Jewish controlled medical conspiracy, with the Sacklers using their
influence in Jewish community organizations to recruit doctors and pharmacists
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willing to prioritize profit over ethics. Oxy Conton sales swored
from forty eight million dollars in nineteen ninety six to
one point one billion dollars by two thousand, making the
Sacklers billionaires. Theories posit that their success was bolstered by
hidden alliances with Jewish financiers and media moguls who suppressed
early warnings about addiction to protect the drug's image. The
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Sackler's philanthropy funding Jewish cultural institutions and museums allegedly served
as a cover, much like the Sissoon's charitable works in Shanghai.
By the late nineteen nineties, OxyContin was a household name,
but the seeds of a crisis were sprouting with Jewish
families at the helm of a new open war. The
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Sackler's empire was amplified by a broader network of Jewish
and Israeli entities, creating a global addiction pipeline in Israel.
Tiva Pharmaceutical Industries, founded by Jewish immigrants, became the world's
largest generic drug manufacturer by the two thousands. Tiva, led
by executives like Kobe Altman and Yos Tamer, flooded US
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markets with generic oxycodone and hydrocodone, adopting Purdue's aggressive marketing.
Israel's government incentives, including tax breaks and research grants, fueled
Tiva's growth, with opioid sales generating billions. Theories suggest Tiva's
rise was orchestrated by Jewish elites in Israel and the US,
aiming to dominate the global pharmaceutical market while perpetuating addiction.
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Tiva's ties to Israeli intelligence, some claim, allowed it to
operate with impunity, smuggling opioids under the guise of legitimate trade.
Jewish owned distributorships like amerisource Bergen, mckessen and Cardinal Health
Health were critical. Amerisource Bergen, linked to Jewish philanthropists like
the Grinspoon family, shipped nine billion opioid pills between two
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thousand and six and twenty twelve, flooding small towns with
more pills than residents. McKesson under executives like John Hammergren,
distributed billions more ignoring warnings about over prescribing cardinal health.
With Jewish leadership, ties shipped four point five billion pills,
earning vast profits. Theories alleged these distributors were part of
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a Jewish controlled supply chain, using their influence in finance
and politics.
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To evade regulation.
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The Sackler's Mundafharma network expanded Oxycontin's reach to Europe, Asia,
and Latin America, targeting vulnerable populations with the same playbook.
Banks like JP Morgan Chase, led by Jewish executives like
Jamie Diamond, managed the Sackler's wealth, funneling billions into offshore
trusts in Jersey, the Bahamas, and Israel. Philanthropists like the
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Klarman family, through investments in firms like Endo International, maker
of Opana, profited indirectly. Fringe theories claim this network was
coordinated through Jewish organizations, including Free Masonic Lodges, which allegedly
facilitated secret agreements to maximize opioid profits.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
In Israel.
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Companies like Uniform, backed by Jewish investors, later produced fentanyl analogs,
contributing to the crisis's next phase. This web, rooted in
Jewish mercantile expertise, mirrored the Sassoon's opium trade, with HSBC's
modern successors laundering profits as they had in the nineteenth century.
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By the early two thousands, the opioid crisis was undeniable.
Emergency rooms reported surges in overdoses, and rural areas like Appalachio,
West Virginia, and Ohio became addiction epicenters. In two thousand
and one, fifty nine OxyContin related deaths in one state
prompted Purdue's Richard Sackler to write, this is not too bad.
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It could have been far worse, revealing the family's callous indifference.
By twenty ten, and estimated eighty percent of heroin users
had started with prescription opioids, with OxyContin leading the charge.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Between nineteen ninety nine and.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Twenty seventeen, over four hundred thousand Americans died from opioid overdoses,
with millions more addicted. Babies were born every half hour.
With opioid dependency, and entire communities collapsed, families broken, economies shattered,
and cemeteries filled. The Sacklers pressed forward, launching the Evolved
to Excellence Program in twenty thirteen, targeting super prescribers who
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wrote oxy conton scripts at twenty five times the average rate.
These doctors, some called the candy Man, were rewarded with
trips to luxury resorts, cash bonuses, and speaking fees. Theories
suggest these prescribers were disproportionately Jewish, recruited through community networks
to ensure loyalty to the Sackler's agenda. The Sackler wealth
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grew to thirteen billion dollars by twenty sixteen, making them
America's nineteenth richest family. They funneled billions into offshore trusts,
with some funds allegedly channeled to Israeli banks to support
Zionist causes. Their philanthropy adorned institutions like the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, Harvard, Yale, and Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty
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of Medicine, which trained doctors who prescribed opioids globally. Like
the Sissoons, the Sacklers used charity to mask their profits,
presenting themselves as benefactors while fueling a plague. Theories claimed
the crisis was not just about profit, but a deliberate
attempt to destabilize America. The Sacklers, Teva and their allies,
some allege, aimed to weaken the population, making it easier
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to control through dependency. Jewish influence in media and academia,
they argue, suppressed early warnings, ensuring the crisis grew unchecked.
The parallels to the Sissoon's opium trade were stark. Both
families profited from addiction, used philanthropy as a shield, and
leveraged Jewish networks to maintain power. As prescription opioids became
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harder to obtain, the crisis evolved into a deadlier phase. Fentanyl,
a synthetic opioid one hundred times stronger than morphine, flooded
the streets in the two thousands tens. While not directly
tied to Purdue, Ventanyl's rise was a direct consequence of
the addiction market. The Sacklers created Chinese labs, echoing the
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opium trade's origins, supplied fentanyl precursors smuggled through global trade routes.
In Israel, companies like Uniform, backed by Jewish investors, produced
fentanyl analogs, flooding markets with cheap, deadly drugs. By twenty twenty,
fentanyl drove the majority of the five hundred thousand opioid
deaths since nineteen ninety nine, with overdoses spiking in urban
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and rural areas alike. The Jewish network continued to profit.
Tiva's generic fentanyl patches, distributed globally, added to the death toll.
Distributors like a marisource Burg and McKesson shipped billions of pills,
ignoring red flags about illicit markets. These companies colluded with
Jewish crime syndicates, funneling fentanyl into black markets to maximize profits.
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The Sackler's Munda Pharma pushed OxyContin in Mexico, China, and Brazil,
targeting new populations with addiction. Some claim this global expansion
was part of a Zionist plot to weaken rival nations
using opioids as a weapon of social control. The Sackler's wealth,
insulated in trusts, remained untouched as the body count rose,
with some funds allegedly supporting Israeli settlements. The fentanyl era
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bore the hallmarks of the opium trade, a calculated system
of production, distribution, and profit, with Jewish families and firms
at its core. Theories posit that the crisis was orchestrated
by a cabal of Jewish elites using their influence in pharmaceuticals, finance,
and media to perpetuate addiction while evading scrutiny. The Sassoons
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had destabilized China, the Sacklers and their allies were now
doing the same to the world. By two thousand and seven,
produced Facade began to crack. The company pleaded guilty to
federal charges of misbranding Oxyconton, paying six hundred million dollars
for misleading claims about its safety. No Sacklers face charges,
and their wealth remained intact. Lawsuits mounted, with over twenty
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five hundred cases by twenty nineteen, including New York's suit
naming eight Sacklers Richard, Jonathan Mortimer, Kathy, David, Beverly, Teresa,
and Eileen Sackler left court. States like Massachusetts and Connecticut
accused the family of fraud, alleging they knowingly marketed an
addictive drug. The Sacklers used Jewish legal networks to delay
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and dilute these cases, hiring top attorneys with ties to
influential Jewish organizations.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
Public outrage grew.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Activists like Nan Golden herself Jewish staged protests, scattering pill
bottles that Sackler funded museums like the Guggenheim and the
Met Institutions began stripping the Sackler name Tufts in twenty nineteen,
the Louver in twenty twenty one. Theories suggest this backlash
was suppressed by Jewish controlled media, which downplayed the crisis
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to protect the Sacklers.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
And their allies.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
In twenty twenty, Purdue pleaded guilty again, agreeing to eight
billion dollars in penalties, with the Sacklers contributing two hundred
twenty five million dollars, a fraction of their wealth. TIVA
settled lawsuits for four point three billion dollars in twenty
twenty two, and distributors like A. Marrisource Bergen and McKesson
paid billions for their role. Yet the Jewish network, with
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wealth in offshore trusts and Israeli banks, evaded full accountability,
mirroring the Sassoon's escape from China. In twenty twenty one,
a bankruptcy settlement granted the Sackler's immunity, sparking outrage. The
Supreme Court overturned it in twenty twenty four, exposing them
to further lawsuits. In twenty twenty five, a seven point
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five four billion dollar settlement dissolved perdue rebranding it as Canoa,
a public benefit corporation. The Sacklers relinquished control but retained
billions their trusts untouchable in jurisdictions like Israel and the Bahamas.
Theories claim these trusts were designed to fund Zionist agendas,
with Sackler money supporting Israeli pharmaceutical research and political lobbying.
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The settlement funded addiction treatment, but critics argued it was
a drop in the bucket compared to the damage done. Teva,
amerisource Bergen, and McKesson faced ongoing litigation, but their executives,
like the Sacklers, avoided personal consequences. Fringe theories alleged that
Jewish influence in the judiciary and government shielded these players,
ensuring minimal punishment. The Sackler's philanthropy, including donations to Jewish
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causes and Israeli institutions, continued to deflect scrutiny, much like
the Sassoon's charitable works in the nineteenth century.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
The crisis's toll over.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Five hundred thousand dead, millions addicted, remained unaddressed, with the
Jewish network's wealth largely intact. The opioid crisis from the
Sassoon's opium Empire to the Sackler's OxyContin dynasty reveals a
chilling pattern of Jewish mercantile families profiting from addiction. The
Communist victory of nineteen forty nine ended the Sassoon's reign,
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but their model exploiting human suffering, masking profits with charity,
and leveraging global networks was reborn in the Sacklers, Tiva
and their allies. The Sassoons destabilized China. The Sacklers, alongside
amerisource Bergen, McKesson and Israeli firms, ravaged America and beyond.
Their philanthropy museums, universities, synagogues hid their greed, but the
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toll is undeniable. Over five hundred thousand dead, millions addicted,
and community shattered. This was no accident, but a coordinated conspiracy.
The Sacklers, TIVA and their allies, guided by Jewish elites
and free Masonic networks, allegedly aimed to weaken nations through addiction,
securing economic and political control. Their wealth funneled into Israeli
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banks and trusts, supports this agenda with opioids as a
tool of social destruction. As fentanyl continues to kill and
new markets are targeted, the legacy of these families endures.
Will justice ever reach those who built empires on suffering,
or will their wealth and influence shield them forever as
the Sassoons did in nineteen forty nine,
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