Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the US, 1979-2016

Re:Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the US... by jackpeterfletch on Thursday October 24, 2019 @05:47PM (#21349535)

My reservation with complete legalization. Is that I think there is a strong conflict of interest, in any corporation being allow to sell, advertise, and market any highly addictive substance.

You could argue that there will be rules and restrictions, but lets not forget that the current opiod crisis, was caused directly by those corporations corrupting the supervisory body (Doctors) in place to stop it happening.

The supervision needs fixing (which I trust it can as it seems to be a uniquely US problem), but if you lifted it all together, I believe the floodgates would be open for corporate exploitation.

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Re:Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the US... by gerbilly on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:50PM (#21350729)

> [...] I think there is a strong conflict of interest, in any corporation being allow to sell, advertise, and market any highly addictive substance.

Just ban advertising of drugs then. In Canada, cigarette ads are banned for example.

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Re:Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the US... by jackpeterfletch on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:29AM (#21352940)

Same in the UK.

But, its taken 100 years of legislation to get there, in the meantime, cigarette companies have funded research that claims their product isnt dangerous, and targeted children, etc etc.

Opiods are a whole different game. Combine that with teams of data scientists trying to boost addictions. I could even see blends being developed that meant you couldent easily switch to a competitors drugs.

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Re:Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the US... by circlefavshape on Friday October 25, 2019 @05:14AM (#21353181)

Last winter in San Francisco I saw a billboard with the ad "Hello marijuana, goodbye anxiety"

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