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Opioid Crisis

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London’s V&A Museum Finally Drops the Sackler Name

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia and Jasmine Liu October 3, 2022October 4, 2022

But a museum in Harvard is still named after a member of the disgraced family, notorious for its role in the opioid crisis.

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The Guggenheim Museum Finally Drops the Sackler Name

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

London’s National Gallery has announced it will also remove the disgraced family’s name from its halls.

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Museums Will be Able to Remove Sackler Name Without Penalty

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

If the deal is approved, the Sacklers would pay up to $6 billion and lose their cherished naming rights at institutions.

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Nan Goldin Testifies at Landmark Hearing On Purdue Pharma’s Role In Opioid Crisis

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 21, 2020December 18, 2020

Last week’s House Oversight Committee hearing was the first time members of the Sackler family publicly addressed their alleged role in the epidemic.

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Purdue Pharma Reaches Tentative Settlement in Thousands of Opioid Cases

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 11, 2019January 31, 2022

The family will provide a $3 billion payout over seven years. However, the settlement does not include a statement of wrongdoing.

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Sackler Scion Doesn’t Think the Opioid Epidemic Her Family Profited From Should Impact Her

Avatar photo by Zachary Small February 21, 2019

Responding to a New York Times story about her fashion brand, Joss Sackler accused the publication of “patriarchal efforts” aiming “to undermine women’s empowerment.”

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PAIN Sackler Storms Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums for Financial Ties to Opioid Manufacturers

by Hakim Bishara February 10, 2019February 19, 2019

The drug policy advocates, led by photographer Nan Goldin, held a covert die-in at the Guggenheim, then marching to the Met to publicly protest on its steps.

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Artist Drops Massive Opioid Spoon at Entrance of Another Sackler-Owned Drug Manufacturer

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber February 8, 2019September 11, 2019

The Sackler family founded Rhodes Pharma in 2007, just months after pleading guilty to criminal charges that their family company, Purdue Pharma, had mismarketed OxyContin.

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After Sacklers Named in Opioid Lawsuit, Met Museum Says It Will Review Its Donation Policy

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber January 22, 2019September 11, 2019

The Met’s Sackler Wing has become a site of protest due to its association with the late co-founders of Purdue Pharma, who have been revealed as conscious contributors to the opioid epidemic.

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Museum Creates Program for Families Suffering from the Opioid Crisis

Avatar photo by Zachary Small December 6, 2018December 6, 2018

Approximately 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017 alone. For families hurt by addiction, the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire has created an unprecedented program that uses art as a healing tool for those affected by the epidemic in a state that’s ranked third in the nation for drug overdoses.

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Nan Goldin and Drug Policy Activists Protest NY Governor Cuomo’s Inaction

Avatar photo by Zachary Small November 26, 2018November 26, 2018

Protesters marched outside the governor’s office near Grand Central Station, carrying a mock overdose prevention center to urge approval of the five pilot prevention centers promised during Cuomo’s election campaign.

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Nan Goldin Selling Signed Prints for $100 to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Avatar photo by Zachary Small October 29, 2018

The artist is donating proceeds from the sale, a collaboration between Magnum Photos and the Aperture Foundation, to her activist group PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now).

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