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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by pault on Sunday October 27, 2019 @11:16AM (#21370236)
For the same reason you can't invent a new kind of pain killer and tell doctors and patients that it's less addictive than the existing alternatives, when you know for a fact that it is far more addictive.
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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday October 27, 2019 @11:25AM (#21370278)
The jury is still out on that one, no? As far as I know, the Sacklers et al remain free to walk the earth, and rich as ever.
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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by beerandt on Sunday October 27, 2019 @01:23PM (#21371058)
Except the (over-)reaction to that is on course to be a greater problem than the one it fixed. We've essentially outlawed painkillers overnight, leaving victims even worse off than before.

Unless your primary goal was to kill the industry, and never really had the victims' best interests in mind at all.

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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by blotter_paper on Sunday October 27, 2019 @01:57PM (#21371300)
> Unless your primary goal was to kill the industry, and never really had the victims' best interests in mind at all.

Taking a long view, one could argue that there will be less victims overall. This isn't to say that I'm in favor of making any drug illegal.

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