GIANT *HEROIN* SPOON ART

AN ARTIST has moved his giant sculpture of burnt spoon to a Rhode Island drugmaker's office to protest the opioid crisis.

The Providence Journal reports that 48-year-old Doemnic Espposito, of Westwood, Massachusetts,, and a partner placed the nearly 11-foot long, 800 pound  [3-meter long, 360-kilogram] spoon at the front gates of Rhodes Pharmaceuticals Coventry on Thursday.

Esposito, whose brother has struggled with addiction, says his sculpture is about ''exposing this web of influence that big pharmaceuticals has had on us.'' [Agencies]