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In reply to the discussion: Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids [View all]Turbineguy
(37,291 posts)28. I was watching a German mystery series recently (Tatort - Borowski on Mhz).
A young woman is struggling with addition.
If she doesn't take dope she gets a meaningless minimum wage job that comes with a drab and wretched existence. Nobody loves her but she won't die from an overdose. If she takes dope, she's happy, loves everybody, and won't feel the overdose kill her.
When you have a society designed for only the top of the heap to be happy, things are bound to turn out this way.
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KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
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demtenjeep
Jul 2019
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KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
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