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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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