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Tufts University to dissolve relationship with family behind OxyContin amid national opioid epidemic
Tufts University announced that it is severing ties with the billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma, the firm that manufactures OxyContin.
The Massachusetts school announced Thursday that it is stripping the Sackler family name from its campus and will no longer accept any donations from them amid concerns that they are helping fuel the ongoing opioid crisis. The Sacklers and Tufts had maintained a nearly 40-year relationship that helped funnel millions to the school's science and medical programs.
"Our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and others have shared with us the negative impact the Sackler name has on them each day, noting the human toll of the opioid epidemic in which members of the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, are associated," the school said in a statement. "We are grateful to those who have shared their thoughts with us. It is clear that the Sackler name, with its link to the current health crisis, runs counter to the school's mission.
"In taking these actions, we will more fully enable our university and medical school to move forward in support of their missions and to help the countless individuals and families who have suffered as a result of the opioid crisis," the statement added.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by driverless on Wednesday December 11 2019, @11:53AM (3 children)
It's more than just the Sacklers, Universities have always been happy to take money from drug dealers (the Sacklers), pedophiles (Epstein), and who knows what else, their money's as good as anyone's until the publicity gets too severe. It's kinda disturbing when large investment funds, not exactly what you'd hold up as a model of ethical behaviour, are still more ethical in terms of environmental and socially responsible investing than Universities, who seem happy to take anyone's money as long as the publicity over it doesn't get too bad.
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Wednesday December 11 2019, @12:50PM (2 children)
Drug dealers and pedophiles want to give away their money? BRB, registering a charity.
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(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday December 11 2019, @01:39PM (1 child)
Greenwashing for Humanity!
"Kid, take the money and do something good with it"
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 11 2019, @03:46PM