"Eight people in a single family made the choices that caused much of the opioid epidemic,'' the attorney general’s office alleges in a memorandum released Tuesday. “They hired hundreds of workers to carry out their wishes and they fired those who did not sell enough drugs. They got more patients on opioids, at higher doses, for longer, than ever before. They paid themselves billions of dollars. They are responsible for addiction, overdose and death that damaged millions of lives.”