(Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) is an American advocacy organization founded by artist Nan Goldin to respond to the opioid crisis, specifically targeting the Sackler Family for manufacturing, promoting, and distributing the drug Oxycontin through their corporation Purdue Pharma LP.
's advocacy work is to hold the Sackler Family accountable and to demand that they fund opioid addiction treatment programs.
were arrested during a 2019 protest against New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's lack of action on the opioid epidemic, which drew a crowd of approximately two hundred protestors.
[3][13] Drawing inspiration from reports that Richard Sackler had stated, upon the launch of the drug Oxycontin into the market, that "The prescription blizzard will be so deep, dense, and white", protesters dropped fake Oxycontin prescriptions into the museum rotunda before unfurling banners and staging a die-in.
[3] This demonstration included scattering empty prescription bottles around the Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing of the museum and staging a die-in.
[20] London's National Portrait Gallery declined a $1.8 million donation from the Sackler Trust towards its $65 million renovations after pressure from the art community and the public, including statements by Nan Goldin that she would not show her work there if they continued to accept support from the Sacklers.
[25] In November 2019, Goldin and a group of 30 demonstrators placed "bottles of pills and red-stained "Oxy dollar" bills" on the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) courtyard's tiled floor.
[6] The corporation also spearheaded a PR campaign against activist Nan Goldin to discredit her criticism, before shifting their marketing focus from the United States to the developing countries.
[3][13] New York Academy of Sciences and Columbia University have also announced that they will review the philanthropic support they receive from the Sackler Family.