amy: which brings us to ed bisch. i just showed that purdue pharma marketing video from 1998. was three years before eddie, your 18-year-old son, died in 2001. can you tell us eddie's story? >> yes. so eddie was in -- he was a high school senior, normal kid. the first time i heard the word "oxycontin," my son was in his bed, dead. that's the very first time i heard the word "oxycontin." ok? that was in february of 2001. in august of 2001 was the very first congressional hearing on oxycontin. i went to that hearing not really knowing, you know, purdue's story. and at that hearing, the congressman grilled the purdue exec, and he said -- well, this was in philadelphia and there was a pill mill doctor flooding philadelphia with pills. and he told the purdue exec, "you knew exactly, through ims data, how many pills this doctor was putting on the street. why didn't you contact authorities?" well, he started mumbling something. then his lawyer jumped in and he gave some legalese answer but not really a valid answer. and that's when i first started having a bad feeling. because up unti

ed bisch founded relatives against purdue pharma. an essay for stat news titled "my son died of an oxy overdose. drug company execs who are responsible should be sent to jail." he has long called on the department of justice to prosecute the sacklers. and in mexico city, christopher glazek is the investigative reporter who was the first to publicly report how the sackler family had significantly profited from selling the opioid oxycontin while fully aware that the highly addictive drug was directly fueling the opioid epidemic in america. we welcome you both to democracy now! ed bisch, let's begin with you. if you can talk about why you oppose this court decision this week? what it means for you and your family? >> well, what it means is the best part of this deal is it has nothing to do with criminal prosecution. so for that, i am happy. otherwise, that is, in my opinion, the only good part of this deal. there are many reasons. most of the news stories are saying that 95% of the victims approved of the deal. well, only 20% of the "vi