Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by onetwotree on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @03:14PM
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I completely agree. Former and current opiate addicts I've met have told me that when contaminated pills are all you've got to stave off withdrawal, the risk from Tylenol poisoning doesn't really even cross your mind.
Adding risk (whether it's the risk of liver failure or prison time) to addiction behaviors doesn't do a damn thing, because addiction is a disease that fundamentally destroys our ability to make rational cost-benefit decisions when our drug or behavior of choice is concerned.
Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug
by neverknowsbest on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @02:53PM
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Agreed.
An opiate OD can be reversed if caught in time.
NSAID ODs box your liver.
I would submit to you that deliberate contamination of a drug for the sole purpose of inflicting harm in search of a greater good is an outrageous policy.