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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by wjn0 on Saturday September 08, 2018 @02:58PM (#17942215)
If a drug dealer sells a drug that people enjoy and use to improve their quality of life, but a few people don't follow his advice and become addicted and die as a result, the drug dealer should go to prison for manslaughter?
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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by meowface on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:54PM (#17942735)
No, I don't think they should, if what they're selling is what they claim to be selling. If it's laced with fentanyl or some other adulterant, that's another story (regardless of whether they were aware it was adulterated or not).
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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by fjsolwmv on Saturday September 08, 2018 @08:17PM (#17943558)
Centuries of case law on negligence, recklessness, and torts sort out the nuance. It's not a 1-bit function.
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Re:OxyContin billionaire has patented a drug to wean addicts... by drooogs on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:45PM (#17942679)
ideally, no.
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