Fortunately, it didn’t happen to anyone in my family, but I understand that before Oxy there were a lot of people suffering from chronic pain. It seems to me that stricter controls on manufacturing, distribution and prescriptions makes more sense than trying to drive manufacturers out of business and deprive people of meds they need.
The most careful analysis of mortality data I have seen tracked opioid deaths in several MD counties. It looked at the origin of the initial exposure to opiods and found that something in the vicinity of 9-11% started with prescriptions. You have to realize that the vast majority of opioid overdoses are involving people who will use any available drug they can abuse.
That said, fraudulent transfer is right in the wheelhouse of the US Trustee in the corporate bankruptcy. They will claw it back.