you're confusing me brotha. they're being compared because they're both drug epidemic's in america. of course big pharma wasn't at the helm of the war on drugs but it was the same class in different masks. the effort to help is coming from the suburban judges and mayors and prosecutors because now instead of poor black people they never see outside of court dying it's the judge's daughter and mayor's son od'ing & they're not having it. now you'll get charged for having heroin but so is the guy that drove you, the guy that sold it, the guy that gave you the dealers number, everybody. because they care that these suburban kids are dying.
but alternatively yeah no one above the local level is ever doing shit about the prescriptions because you're right about that part. they're probably passing these narcan / naloxone out like candy so they can retain customers for big pharma cuz u know rehab doesn't come without meds.
some people involved in the system have genuine intentions it's just the ones in control that don't.
so they're definitely comparable it's just this game isnt about destroying communities as much as it is creating lifetime customers and theres a lot more industry behind it. but the war on drugs made trillions for the prison industry so really i think it's pretty much the same. different outfit.
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