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What an incredibly naive statement.

• nostromo 9y ago
  How so? I've used Oxycontin before. I used it for one week, as prescribed, and it helped me recover from a painful medical issue. I'm grateful it was available to me. For the photographer profiled in this piece to take zero responsibility for her predicament, particularly since she's struggled with opiod and other types of addiction currently and in the past, is absurd. She's in effect saying, "I abused this drug, so other people should be barred from using it." I reject that full stop. Some people abuse alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, etc., but that doesn't mean that it should be banned.
  • tomjakubowski 9y ago
    Sorry, where are you getting that she believes other people should be barred from using Oxycontin?
  • acct1771 9y ago
    People have successfully used heroin, alcohol, and coke medically. Doesn't mean there aren't far smarter alternatives we can move to.
  • danso 9y ago
    The profiled photographer does not call for a ban on OxyContin, she argues that they require much more regulation than they currently have. I don't see how the fact that you are apparently one of the many people who don't get easily addicted, and she is one of the many who do, gives you the authority to say that she took "zero responsibility. Not sure what relevance alcohol and tobacco have in this. In America, both substances are heavily relugated, and these regulations were ostensibly in response to fears about their threat to health.