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Originally Posted by NiceTom
It's a shame that they're going after the drug companies. From what I hear, oxycotin works really well for alot of people in pain. If you punish the manufacturer enough, why should they even bother producing it.
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See MWC's post above.
Just because they have a good product, they still may be acting inappropriately with it and therefore subject to liability. For an extreme example, what if the manufacturer was HEAVILY pushing and marketing it as a "headache cure" when it was CLEARLY overkill for that and when the risk of dependence far outweighed the benefits of the drug, given the plethora of non-addictive alternatives for headache treatment...