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Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug by random_upvoter on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @05:17PM (#11256105)
I'm a bit disappointed that the top comment is a plea to legalize all drugs.

I don't see what this has got to do with the topic, namely that a legal drug is killing 19,000 Americans each year while making many more addicted. I was expecting to read some suggestions on how to address this problem.

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Re:Painkillers now kill more Americans than any illegal drug by enneff on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @05:23PM (#11256130)
It's on topic because if efforts were focused on harm reduction instead of persecution then those resources would help users of these legal drugs too.
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