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Worth noting she works for a conservative think tank, so I am not sure I am going to take her at face value for defending pharmaceutical corporations...

• refurb 7y ago
  Did you have a particular data point you’re trying to refute? Or are you just trying to dismiss the entire article because of her political views?
  • KnightHawk3 7y ago
    The fact it tries to downplay that millions of people are dying, and continue to die, ignoring that there is direct correlation between number of pills dumped in a state and deaths.
    • refurb 7y ago
      Down playing it how? Can you quote the relevant text? The author acknowledges it's a crisis, but simply asks questions about the true cause.
      • ceejayoz 7y ago
        > The author acknowledges it's a crisis, but simply asks questions about the true cause. I mean, that's been the conservative playbook for decades. Deny entirely first. Once it becomes undeniable, deny attribution. Once that becomes undeniable, claim nothing can be done anyways. Climate change, air pollution, fossil fuels...