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Johnson and Johnson says its drug shouldn’t be used in executions
- nxsynonym 9y agoThat's a really silly moral stance to take when you are a producer (and marketer) of opioids which lead to hundreds of over-doses annually. The difference is one patient wants to end their life willingly to escape pain and suffering, while the other is chasing a high and may/may not have been guided into taking Opioids in the first place. http://fortune.com/2017/05/15/purdue-johnsonandjohnson-opiod-marketing/ http://fortune.com/2017/05/15/purdue-johnsonandjohnson-opiod...
- btian 9y agoThe news is about execution, not euthanasia. Brand value is important for large companies. If I were the CEO of a pharma company, I want my drugs to be associated with health, not death. I bet bullet companies won't mind at all if prisons buy bullets from them to execute prisoners.
- towndrunk 9y agoThey have no problem supporting planned parenthood though. Kind of ironic...
- dang 9y agoThis comment breaks the HN guidelines by introducing a flamewar tangent. Please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html