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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by lostlogin on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:53PM (#14809272)
> making something people need but don't want kills startups.

And this is what government and regulation are for in my view.

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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by bdavisx on Thursday July 20, 2017 @11:27AM (#14813306)
Except in the case of opioids, government and regular ARE the problem. If they were legal and available through a regulated supply, most of the OD's would never happen. They happen because someone gets a dose of the drug that's 10-100 times stronger than the one they had yesterday.

That's no different than people going blind/dying from wood alcohol during prohibition.

The solution is to legalize and regulate, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Re:How a Reddit forum has become a lifeline to opioid addict... by emodendroket on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @09:58PM (#14809513)
Yeah, seriously. Not everything can or should be addressed by for-profit businesses, or start-ups in particular.
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