I guess you were totally in favor of suing Big Tobacco, huh?
Big difference. My aunt was a diabetic and was prescribed medicine that caused her liver to fail. She died because of this liver failure. There is a major class action lawsuit involving this drug. Should her family not have any recourse from the drug company that profited from selling this drug? They were in too great of a rush to get the drug on the shelves for their profits. The drug was pulled after only 7 months on the market. Thousands have died because of this drug.
The potential consequences of tobacco are very well known. Those that use it know of the potential consequences. Again, there's a big difference.
If you utilize a drug exactly as told, and are harmed as a result, there should be a recourse. When Oxycontin users abuse the drug (as Rush has here) that's a failure on their part and no one else's. Make sense?
BTW, I'm sorry about your aunt. What drug was she prescribed?