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by pi18n 4926 days ago
This is not a helpful comment. The anecdote is not suggesting that everyone who commits an accidental crime is trafficking Tylenol One. It's a story about how a small action can turn out to be a felony. This has been true in other cases that have nothing to do with Codeine.
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The anecdote relies on it being possible or such a situation to occur.
Perhaps that particular situation cannot occur, but similar situations can and do occur.

The point of the anecdote is that it is possible to commit a very serious crime without any mens rea or even realization.

Yes, but not that one PARTICULAR situation. Come on people, don't respond like robots.