If you don't want to take part, just click the [-] to collapse the thread and ignore it. If you take issue with the actual content of the comment, a bit more information on why you think it has nothing to do with a case where a high placed executive might face relatively minor punishment for, as the GP puts it, getting "thousands addicted to your drug, take their money, ruin their families for years and eventually take their lives." might help clarify that stance.
You don't need to get hung up on the crime that I'm juxtaposing it with. Just notice the gulf between some types of justice and others.
Murderers are much worse, and prisons better serve their purpose when they're used for murderers and their accomplices than when they're used for white collar crime.
These people are responsible for hundreds or thousands of deaths. It’s a little less direct than shooting someone in the face, but it should still be considered mass murder.
I'm not saying to go easy on murderers. The opposite: I'm saying that we should take the former even more seriously.
Fentanyl is an incredibly potent and addictive drug.
I know some pretty tough guys. One of which took a gunshot wound and barely needed any recovery time.
This same guy got in a car accident that ruined his back. After some surgery, he tried to not use opioid pain killers, but he described it as maddening. It's not the pain that brings you issues, it's the constant dull, aching pains that give your life grief.
He started taking prescribed opioids for it. When it came time to ween off of them, he said it was like looking into a void where he had two exceptionally clear choices: continue using opioids, or struggle to get off of them. He picked the latter and is opioid free for a few years now. He said it was the hardest thing he's ever done.
He's just happy to say that he doesn't need them anymore.
The fact I refused opiods for my pain was used against me, "If it's so bad why aren't you taking the pain medications?"
My lawyer told me that if I had taken them I likely would have gotten 50% more int he settlement. I don't regret it though. Addiction is a major problem in my family.