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Re:Sacklers–who made $11B off opioid crisis–to pay $225M in ... by bredren on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:27PM (#24864445)
Just so this doesn’t come off like too radical an idea: legalization of all drugs has been a position of The Economist since 1989. “Legalize, Control, Discourage.”

https://www.economist.com/leaders/1989/01/21/hooked-on-just-...

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Re:Sacklers–who made $11B off opioid crisis–to pay $225M in ... by api on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:55PM (#24864651)
The majority of opioid deaths are due to fentanyl or cut opioids, something that would not exist if there were a regulated legal market.
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