Tufts University removed the Sackler name from all buildings and programs at its medical school over the family's role in the nation's opioid crisis.
BOSTON – Tufts University on Thursday announced the immediate removal of the Sackler name from all buildings and programs at its medical school, with leaders citing the family's role in the nation's opioid crisis.
The decision to strip the family's name "also acknowledges the countless individuals and families who have suffered so much loss, harm, and sorrow as a result of the opioid crisis," and, he said"acknowledges members of our own community who have struggled on a daily basis with the university’s very public association with the Sackler name.”
Story continuesAs part of the announcement, Tufts revealed plans to establish a $3 million endowment to support education, research and civic engagement programs aimed at preventing and treating substance abuse and addiction. "This donor relationship existed and continued in the face of growing evidence and concern about Purdue’s role in marketing opioids, without the necessary scrutiny and due diligence," the report said.
"There is something particularly disturbing and intellectually dishonest when juxtaposing the results of the Stern investigation with the decision to remove the name of a donor who made gifts in good faith starting almost 40 years ago."
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