The Daily Populous Monday September 14th, 2020 night edition
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.
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."
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