| Joss Sackler | |
| Birth Name: | Jaseleen A. Ruggles |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Education: | City University of New York |
| Spouse: | David Sackler |
| Relations: | Sackler family |
Joss Sackler (born Jaseleen A. Ruggles)[1] is a fashion designer. She is also known for her marriage to David Sackler (of the Sackler family), whose father Richard Sackler was the chairman and president of Purdue Pharma, and oversaw its manufacturing of the highly addictive opioid Oxycontin, a leading drug in the opioid epidemic.[2] [3] [4]
Sackler was born in 1984 to a Canadian diplomat and spent part of her childhood in Japan.[1]
She attended graduate school in linguistics and wrote her dissertation on the risk assessment of violent threats made by the Mexican cartels.[5]
Sackler is best known for her public feud with Courtney Love in September 2019. Attempting to fill seats at her fashion show for her LBV brand, Sackler offered $100,000 to Love, a recovering opioid addict.[6]
Sackler maintains that her brand has no connection to Purdue Pharma.[7]
The brand has received negative reviews from fashion critics.[8]
Joss is married to David Sackler, son of Richard Sackler who was a key figure in the controversial development and marketing of Oxycontin at Purdue Pharma. David Sackler himself sat on the board of directors at Purdue Pharma.[9] [10]
Joss Sackler along with the Sackler family have been criticized for their role in the Opioid epidemic in the United States as Purdue Pharma created and aggressively marketed OxyContin one of the most addicting opioids.[11]
Vanity Fair described her and her husband David as "near pariahs."[7]
John Oliver on Last Week Tonight's Episode 229 "Opioids III" covered the role the Sackler family has played in the Opioid epidemic in the United States and devoted a segment discussing Joss Sackler and her reiterated attempts to use her doctoral title (in linguistics) as a veneer of knowledge in public health.[12]