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Each person who was a member of the board of Purdue Pharma at the time these policies should be charged with a count of manslaughter for each documented case of

Each person who was a member of the board of Purdue Pharma at the time these policies should be charged with a count of manslaughter for each documented case of non-intentional overdose death that can be linked to their product. Bring home to them the body count their reckless decisions have wrought. Let them rot. Make an example of them. Otherwise, bring out the guillotine because apparently the robber barons of the Neo-Guilded Age need to be taught a lesson in noblesse oblige.

Alex3917 8y ago
> for each documented case of non-intentional overdose death that can be linked to their product. The only people who accidentally OD on Oxycontin are going to be either those who for some reason take the highest dose without any previous tolerance, or else toddlers who get into them. The overwhelming majority of people dying from Oxycontin are going to be those who mix it with alcohol, heroin, fentanyl, methadone, benzos, grapefruit juice, etc. It's all but impossible to overdose on if used as directed.
- wallflower 8y ago
  It was never about people OD'ing on Oxycontin. It is about Oxycontin creating an opioid dependency that leads many to cheaper alternatives (read: heroin) once they can no longer afford Oxycontin.
  - Alex3917 8y ago
    > once they can no longer afford Oxycontin. When sold legally, it's less expensive than Starbucks even if it's not covered by insurance. If people are forced to access illegal substitutes, that's because of bad government policy and not because of the company.
    - beavisthegenius 8y ago
      When you're hooked and can't a prescription filled, who cares what Oxy costs via legal prescription? That's the problem, you can't be prescribed Oxy forever.
- ohithereyou 8y ago
  Non-intentional =/= used as directed. Non-intentional there is more along the lines of excluding suicides committed using their product.

Alex3917 8y ago

> for each documented case of non-intentional overdose death that can be linked to their product. The only people who accidentally OD on Oxycontin are going to be either those who for some reason take the highest dose without any previous tolerance, or else toddlers who get into them. The overwhelming majority of people dying from Oxycontin are going to be those who mix it with alcohol, heroin, fentanyl, methadone, benzos, grapefruit juice, etc. It's all but impossible to overdose on if used as directed.

wallflower 8y ago
It was never about people OD'ing on Oxycontin. It is about Oxycontin creating an opioid dependency that leads many to cheaper alternatives (read: heroin) once they can no longer afford Oxycontin.
- Alex3917 8y ago
  > once they can no longer afford Oxycontin. When sold legally, it's less expensive than Starbucks even if it's not covered by insurance. If people are forced to access illegal substitutes, that's because of bad government policy and not because of the company.
  - beavisthegenius 8y ago
    When you're hooked and can't a prescription filled, who cares what Oxy costs via legal prescription? That's the problem, you can't be prescribed Oxy forever.
ohithereyou 8y ago
Non-intentional =/= used as directed. Non-intentional there is more along the lines of excluding suicides committed using their product.