“It is a gross injustice to blame my late husband, Arthur Sackler, for the public health crisis surrounding opioids,” Jillian Sackler told The Washington Post. The Sackler name is displayed in museums worldwide in recognition of gifts made by Arthur Sackler; his brothers, Mortimer and Raymond; and, after their deaths, their heirs. There’s a Sackler gallery at the Princeton University Art Museum and Sackler museums at Harvard University and Peking University in Beijing. Three decades after Arthur Sackler’s death, his family’s legal problems and deteriorating public image are proving to be a grave threat to his cultural legacy. A Purdue Pharma spokesman said the company continues to support initiatives in law enforcement, education and health care aimed at addressing the opioid crisis.

Source: Washington Post February 13, 2019 18:35 UTC