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NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Dumps Sackler Name After Backlash Over Opioid Scandal

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Dopesick,” chronicles the early days of the medication’s distribution.) In September, Purdue Pharma was dissolved in a controversial bankruptcy settlement and the Sacklers were ordered to pay billions to address the opioid epidemic.

The United States Department of Justice has since moved to block the deal. In recent years, major media — including books, documentaries and the Hulu miniseries — have thrust the philanthropic but private family into the spotlight.

The Louve removed the name in 2019, as did Tufts University. Photographer Nan Goldin has orchestrated protests against the Sacklers, one of which took place at the Met in 2018.

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