Archived Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress (cbsnews.com)
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Archived Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress (cbsnews.com)
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[–] neuroelectronic [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: The drug manufactures know what they were doing the DEA has a case against them. Now they're not allowed to prosecute them thanks to flawed logic like yours. Your comparison to electric companies is obviously flawed. A better comparison is if they pumped 10 times the amount of electricity into a district than it needed resulting in people getting electrocuted when plugging in toasters.
[–] randumb ago
As far as 10 times the electricity...that's a little over the top professor.
Sure the drug companies are partly responsible for making pain killers (to help manage pain) and yes the doctors tend to prescribe more than necessary...but patients also demand an excessive amount of drugs to control pain (especially after surgeries) and ARE responsible for controlling the leftovers? For example: Of the 50 opioids i was prescribed (after recent surgery) to manage any pain, I took only 5...the rest remain...so what should i do with them and should I be responsible for their proper disposal? Patients prescribed opioids have responsibility too...
(1) drop down toilet or in the trash like some do? (2) give to the teens stealing from their parents/grandparents who in turn ARE selling them to others? (3) share with friends at a party? (4) sell them and get an iPhone8? (5) or properly dispose of them through controlled drug disposal points in the community?
In your opinion, does the actual patient (individual) have responsibility?
[–] neuroelectronic [S] ago (edited ago)
Not really worth my time to engage your imaginary scenario. Read the article.
So a more apt comparison is if they put out 50 TIMES more electricity.
[–] absurdlyobfuscated ago
That's an excellent analogy. Another way I'd put it, it only takes a few big holes in the dam for the flood to stream through and drown a lot of people. We should be blaming the ones responsible for those big holes, not the ones carefully controlling a small flow that's just enough to help.