Well, killing people is pretty bad for business, as I explained elsewhere under this article. So I'm pretty skeptical of that motive... normally. Once you hav

Well, killing people is pretty bad for business, as I explained elsewhere under this article. So I'm pretty skeptical of that motive... normally. Once you have the government mandating that everyone buy your product, it doesn't really matter any more whether it's a good product or has good PR or is otherwise viewed as beneficial. A drugmaker selling something to the willing has an incentive to make sure it's not lethal, if for no other reason than that the most profitable business is repeat business. A drugmaker selling something the government mandates has no such incentive. This applies, actually, to anything of which purchase is mandated on threat of violence, not just drugs.