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To: DiogenesLamp

That’s the kind of thinking that leads to bans on large sodas. Same principle. If somebody can make case that something is bad enough, the Gov’t should step in.


64 posted on 06/04/2014 2:54:57 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
That’s the kind of thinking that leads to bans on large sodas. Same principle.

No it isn't, and you are being flippant about death and misery to say such a childish thing.

If somebody can make case that something is bad enough, the Gov’t should step in.

If somebody can make the case that something is killing thousands of people, then you are d*** right the government should step in! Before the Harrison anti-narcotics act of 1914, thousands of people were dying from overdoses of patent medicines, most of which contained opium or cocaine. Many of these dead were children to whom had been given this "medicine" and it killed them.

1900 - Opium, morphine and cocaine in many patent medicines leads to addiction and death. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup kills many children each year due to overdosing on morphine. Morphine is the syrup’s primary ingredient but it is not listed on the label.

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75 posted on 06/04/2014 3:27:29 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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