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CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they're useless

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Post by mikrotikker »

I_Am_Nous wrote: post #263
mikrotikker wrote: post #257

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Get the govt to make it properly, give it out for free in treatment centres where they have to consume it, giving an interface to the addicts for mental health and drug rehab staff (or have a trapdoor that sends the addicts to a gator pond when they walk in the door)

Shall the addicts stay in the treatment center while they are high? Or will the treatment center release them after checking vitals to allow them to go do what they want to when high (which for many addicts is "have as much sex as time will allow")

Maybe they go into the gator pond _after_ getting high and the staff can take bets on it

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Post by vGPU »

jjulius wrote: post #262
vGPU wrote: post #115

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So they decriminalized meth in 2020 but it took them another two years to roll back this mess? Oregon leading the way, as usual.

>This is fearmongering and sensationalism.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38008005

They literally decriminalized the possession of meth. Not. Single word of what I said was inaccurate in any way.

Re: CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they're useless

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Post by jjulius »

vGPU wrote: post #272
jjulius wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>This is fearmongering and sensationalism.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38008005

They literally decriminalized the possession of meth. Not. Single word of what I said was inaccurate in any way.

Inaccuracy is not a prerequisite for fearmongering or sensationalism.

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Post by flashback2199 »

phpisthebest wrote: post #256
flashback2199 wrote: post #227

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> methamphetamine production (tell me again why that’s illegal? Because it ruins people's lives, that's why.

Over-criminalization of society, and the fall out from the "war on drugs" has ruined far far far far far more lives then illegal drug abuse ever could or would That is with out getting into the debate on if it is even ethical for a government to regulation what a person consumes, even if you believe it is the current method of criminalization and prohibition is not effective in the stated goal of reducing drug use/ab…

Ah yes, the old criminalization doesn't reduce usage misconception. Prohibition reduced usage of alcohol and is not why it failed. Prohibition failed for all of the other problems prohibition caused. Usage of alcohol declined, by quite a bit actually.

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Post by sixothree »

vGPU wrote: post #120
sixothree wrote: post #97

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No. But the sad joke is you can buy 20 guns without presenting your license or having the state tell you no. But if you got a sinus headache? You’re a dangerous individual. You gotta get registered and in the system so we can track you.

> Under federal law, federally licensed gun dealers, importers and manufacturers must run background checks for sales to an unlicensed buyer. Specifically, a potential purchaser must show identification, complete a federal document known as a Form 4473, and pass a National Instant Criminal Background Check System check. Any licensed firearm dealer MUST run a background check at ALL times. Stop your misinformation.

Serious question. Did you do a background check for every gun you own? Most people simply don't.
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