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by commentzorro 3476 days ago
These are rational people making a decision for themselves if the pain relief is worth and side effects or other Iissues. Let the people of WV make up their own minds and let the market speak for itself.
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'Mama' Rand would be so proud of you :-)

Seriously though, 'rational' people can also be misinformed by a large corporation and a system which does not necessarily incentivize getting people healthy, and only wish to make their shareholders happy. The 'market' will always try to optimize for profits even at the expense of everything else.

This shows a huge lack of empathy for addiction and big disrespect for the power of opioids.
Why do you think these are rational people making rational decisions? Do you know what addiction is?
Are addicts rational?