![]() ![]() However, the Sacklers’ role in the development of the highly addictive drug Ox圜ontin in 1996 and the subsequent opioid crisis in the United States has only recently become subject to proper scrutiny. Several universities, museums and galleries have wings named after the family in recognition of the substantial donations they have made towards the arts and sciences. Radden Keefe is a journalist for the New Yorker and ‘Empire of Pain’ was developed from his 2017 article about the Sacklers. The Sackler name is mostly associated with philanthropy. Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe won the Baillie Giffard Prize for Non-Fiction last year and examines the history of three generations of the Sackler family. ![]()
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