A Connecticut gallery owner, Fernando Alvarez, was arrested after dropping a 10-foot-long, 800-pound sculpture of a heroin spoon in front of Purdue Pharma’s headquarters and says he plans to “gift” more spoons to other drug companies, as well as to politicians and doctors.

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image showing A Connecticut gallery owner, Fernando Alvarez, was arrested after dropping a 10-foot-long, 800-pound sculpture of a heroin spoon in front of Purdue Pharma’s headquarters and says he plans to “gift” more spoons to other drug companies, as well as to politicians and doctors.

ProTommyxd on September 13rd, 2020 at 17:25 UTC »

That is dope!

Kw1ck on September 13rd, 2020 at 17:51 UTC »

What if the company sold it as art for profit.

pencilsandpostits on September 13rd, 2020 at 17:52 UTC »

I think the gallery owner has the right idea. Keep calling them out.

While Purdue Pharma publicly denied its opioids were addictive, internally company officials were acknowledging it and devising a plan to profit off them even more, the complaint states.

Kathe Sackler, a board member, pitched Project Tango, a secret plan to grow Purdue beyond providing painkillers by also providing a drug, Suboxone, to treat those addicted.

"Addictive opioids and opioid addiction are 'naturally linked,' " she allegedly wrote in September 2014.

According to the lawsuit, Purdue staff wrote: "It is an attractive market. Large unmet need for vulnerable, underserved and stigmatized patient population suffering from substance abuse, dependence and addiction."

NPR