Who are the Sacklers, the family behind maker of OxyContin?

by GEOFF MULVIHILL | Associated Press

Fri, September 20th 2019, 12:26 AM UTC

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, a sign with some names of the Sackler family is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Their name used to be on a wing at the Louvre. But now the Sackler family wealth has become linked to sales of OxyContin, and their company, drug maker Purdue Pharma, is attempting to settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, a sign with the Sackler name is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Their name used to be on a wing at the Louvre. But now the Sackler family wealth has become linked to sales of OxyContin, and their company, drug maker Purdue Pharma, is attempting to settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - In this July 17, 2019, file photo, a taped-over Sackler sign hangs at the Louvre Museum after protests against the family blamed for the opioid crisis in Paris, France. Their name is also on a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But now the Sackler family wealth has become linked to sales of OxyContin, and their company, drug maker Purdue Pharma, is attempting to settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, a sign with some names of the Sackler family is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Their name used to be on a wing at the Louvre. But now the Sackler family wealth has become linked to sales of OxyContin, and their company, drug maker Purdue Pharma, is attempting to settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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