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by waterhouse 1632 days ago
And how does the risk of that compare against:

  - the risks from whatever else the heroin is cut with (fentanyl?)
  - the risk of getting HIV
  - the risks of taking heroin in the first place
I suspect that what they're doing is a net improvement.
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Nasrudith 1632 days ago
The others aren't crimes against humanity unlike willful and deliberate human experimentation on unwitting and unconsenting human subjects.
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waterhouse 1632 days ago
Er... Is the anti-HIV stuff human experimentation? Are these guys collecting data? Seems like they're taking a drug that's known to help (incidentally it got FDA-approved in December 2021, based on trials whose results were announced in November 2020; I'm sure the FDA had excellent reasons for that delay) and sticking it where they think it'll help those who take it. This is compared to drug dealers who take a drug known to be harmful (fentanyl) and stick it where they think it'll substitute for more expensive ingredients and will keep the customers coming.

Are you really saying that the former is a crime against humanity and the latter isn't?

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