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When people sell drugs like cocaine or heroin and the consumer dies, they dealer is prosecuted for their death. The Slacker family has assisted with more deaths
by yndoendo 2y ago
When people sell drugs like cocaine or heroin and the consumer dies, they dealer is prosecuted for their death. The Slacker family has assisted with more deaths than any single street dealer and are not held to the same standards. This show how much political and monetary sway they still have. Slacker family highlights how perverse the US legal system is towards such individuals and how people are still not equal under the law.
Slacker family should be in jail for lying to the FDA about how their product was not addictive and for all the deaths they assisted with.
- lazide 2y agoHuh? Since when do drug dealers get ‘prosecuted for the deaths’ of folks who OD on their products, assuming it was unintentional? Prosecuted for selling illegal substances yeah. But that’s different.
- yndoendo 2y agoHere are a few examples. Note that the Slacker family are not low level, they are the top echelon of the OxyContin pushers. [1] [2] [3] [1] https://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/533327584/the-controversy-over-charging-drug-dealers-with-murder-after-overdoses https://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/533327584/the-controversy-ove... [2] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fentanyl-deaths-homicde-chargers-for-dealers/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fentanyl-deaths-homicde-charger... [3] https://theappeal.org/the-lab/explainers/charging-dealers-with-homicide-explained/ https://theappeal.org/the-lab/explainers/charging-dealers-wi...
- jart 2y agoWonderful. I can't see how a society that stops believing in individual responsibility is going to keep believing in individual autonomy too. We've been seeing the same cultural shift in technology. SB1047 in California seeks to hold developers liable when other people misuse their AI models. There's also people who want to hold normal developers liable when people get hacked due to bugs in their code. If writing code and sharing it is a form of expression, that means no more freedom of expression. People are even being held liable for expression of beliefs too. It's a slippery slope that leads to not being allowed to do anything the state doesn't tell you to do.
- lazide 2y agoThat’s California in a nut shell. Be as weird and unique as you want, as long as it’s an ‘ok’ kind of weird and unique and you’ve filled out the right forms and gotten the correct insurance first. Or if you’re homeless, do whatever.
- loeg 2y agoI agree it's pretty bogus but it does seem to happen in some jurisdictions. A recent example is Matthew Perry's ketamine dealer.
- jart 2y agoYes but the Sacklers would have no income if they're languishing in jail stamping license plates. That means less money to pay the people who brought cases against them. Think about it. Liabilities don't just take their wealth, but their future wealth too.
- kelipso 2y agoWhat a terrible argument. Let's have drug dealers roam the streets because they can pay reparations or taxes. Lol.
- jart 2y agoI know bro. Last time I was walking down fifth avenue, I saw Richard Sackler getting a dirty water dog and I was so trembling with fear of that gangster that I dove into a manhole cover.
- kelipso 2y agoRight, wait until a family member of yours gets addicted to another drug they popularize and then you can act like a smug internet person.
- hulitu 2y ago> The Slacker family has assisted with more deaths than any single street dealer and are not held to the same standards That is because the street dealer did not grounded a company. Companies get away with a lot of crimes in US, compared to individuals. See DuPont for examples.