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Re:How a Single Oxycontin Pill Nearly Ruined One Man's Life by tptacek on Monday August 06, 2012 @03:30PM (#4346811)
His punishment was probation and mandatory attendance for a year of Narcotics Anonymous meetings, where he repeatedly watched "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail".

The criminal record itself was expunged.

He lost his job. But that wasn't punishment. Thousands of people have lost jobs simply because of bad credit reports.

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Re:How a Single Oxycontin Pill Nearly Ruined One Man's Life by pstuart on Monday August 06, 2012 @05:42PM (#4347440)
I think that if you had been the one with a pill in your pocket and had gone through such an ordeal that your attitude would be different.
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