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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: 4, Insightful) by http on Wednesday December 11 2019, @05:59PM (5 children)
You're not arguing in good faith to leave out the "drug company representatives telling them that it's not addictive" part.
You must be so bored now that your former corporate masters have filed for chapter 11. Why don't you go find some honest work? And no, you can't work for me.
I browse at -1 when I have mod points. It's unsettling.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 11 2019, @06:11PM (4 children)
I would never take advice from a doctor who believed what a drug company said about their product...
Why would you listen to someone like that??? They should lose their license.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday December 11 2019, @07:33PM (3 children)
How would you know you had until after you were addicted?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 11 2019, @08:00PM (2 children)
Use critical thinking and ask questions to see if the doctor has used critical thinking... How old are you?
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday December 11 2019, @11:12PM (1 child)
Critical thinking! Of course, I should have thought of that.
I should also remember to ask if my doctor thinks maybe the rep from the drug company might have been lying.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 12 2019, @01:28AM
Sure, any answer besides "Yes, no doubt" means go find someone else.