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[–] 21092475? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

"Low-level drug dealers are guilty, not their suppliers" is a pretty illogical argument. Both are guilty. And if you don't know how Purdue worked to incentivize doctors into carrying their poison there you don't know much about this story.

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[–] 21093516? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

How do you feel about the people who didn't follow the directions which clearly state take one pill every 12 hours and instead snorted the pill all at once? Should they reimburse the Sackler family for their trouble?

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[–] 21094101? ago  (edited ago)

You're going to try to shift the blame to the victims? Huh.

1) Both the Sacklers and the doctors profited from getting people addicted. The addicts themselves, however, weren't the ones profiting. They were the ones paying the price.

2) The nature of addictive substances is that they're addictive. When you do them regularly tolerance builds and unless one has sufficient willpower one will end up taking more than the recommended dose. That's why these sorts of substances need to be controlled rather than given out like candy.