13 People Arrested ‘Cuomo Lies, People Die’

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Let Them Die Like Dogs –

Aug. 28, 2019 – Protest was held outside of governor Cuomo’s office in midtown, advocating for the creation of overdose protection centers in the city, artist Nan Goldin and members of P.A.I.N., the activist group she founded to combat the opioid crisis, were arrested.

They protested to raise awareness of the rising numbers of overdoses in the city each year, called on the governor to allow overdose protection centers, which allow users to take drugs in controlled spaces. In 2017, an estimated 1,487 people died of drug overdoses in New York, more than 100 people more than in 2016.

Pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma, has been accused of misleading the public about the addictiveness of its painkiller OxyContin; it has denied wrongdoing. On Tuesday, the company was reportedly proposing to pay between $10 billion and $12 billion to settle 2,000 lawsuits against the company. Through the proposal, the family that owns it would no longer have control of the company.