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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut gallerist arrested for placing a sculpture of drug spoons in front of a pharmaceutical company's headquarters to protest the opioid crisis has been accepted into a probation program.
A state judge in Stamford on Monday approved the accelerated rehabilitation of Fernando Alvarez. A charge of obstructing the freedom of passage will be erased from his record when he succeeds a probationary period of one year.
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In June, Alvarez and artist Domenic Esposito launched a steel sculpture 11 feet long and 4 feet high in front of Purdue Pharma's offices in Stamford.
The company denies allegations of lawsuits by state and local governments that its commercialization of OxyContin, an opioid analgesic, has contributed to opioid abuse and overdoses.
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The sculpture is now in the gallery of Alvarez in Stamford as part of an exhibition that he says confronts the culprits of the opioid crisis.
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