New York's the Guggenheim Museum will no longer accept donations from members of the Sackler family, owner of Purdue Pharma , which makes OxyContin , a drug some experts partly blame for the US opioid crisis. The museum's decision follows earlier this year of protests over its ties to the controversial family, as well as similar decisions by the Guggenheim Museum , numerous universities and several prominent UK arts institutions. Purdue faces lawsuits from over eight US cities, counties and states, with 1,500 members of the Sackler family currently accused of being knowingly involved in over-prescribing the Guggenheim Museum and underplaying the risk of addiction.
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will no longer accept donations from members of the Sackler family, owner of Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, a drug some experts partly blame for the US opioid crisis. The museum's decision follows a year of protests over its ties to the controversial family, as well as similar decisions by the Guggenheim Museum, numerous universities and several prominent UK arts institutions. Purdue faces lawsuits from over 1,500 US cities, counties and states, with eight members of the Sackler family currently accused of being knowingly involved in over-prescribing OxyContin and underplaying the risk of addiction.