[kiryandil]

fr_freak wrote: These sorts of callous abuses by law enforcement, and by government in general, will continue until there are consequences. If you don’t have the balls to make sure there are consequences, then just take your beating like a good slave.

This one needs to be re-posted. :)

Just a side note (on the government in general front): The EPA banned the good stuff for asthma inhalers (eeeevil CFCs) in 2012. It was predicted that people would die from the new regulations. Wonder if this had a bearing on this case?

[antidisestablishment]

And millions of people have died from the DDT ban.

[editor-surveyor]

The “good stuff” for asthma attacks is tincture of Lobelia; always has been, always will be.

Relief is instantaneous, and long lasting.

[flamberge]

The EPA banned the good stuff for asthma inhalers...

The cheap and effective (non-prescription) inhalers used pseudo-epidrine in an alcohol and CFC base. They have some risk of causing strokes.

The expensive and effective inhalers use albuterol in a propane base. They have less risk of causing strokes.

The prescription stuff is about 5x the cost of the non-prescription stuff.

Yes, people have died as a result of the increased cost. It is about $2-$3 per day to keep breathing.

Both varieties of medication can fail from overuse.

Casey's medication appears to have failed. It's off to the ER when that happens.