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And how do you propose the people crunching the numbers separate these cases? Most addicts will lie about how they became addicted, choosing whatever story they feel paints them in a positive light. Most families of deceased addicts will stick to the same story, either because they believe it or because they too want to paint their dearly departed as a victim rather than irresponsible. Practically speaking, there is no way to get an accurate split between who was addicted to prescription drugs first and who wasn't.
If you don't have good statistics, then you don't include them right next to talking about the prescription drug epidemic sending the impression (If not precisely stating) that your number is directly caused by prescription drugs.
Journalistic integrity is important.
I agree, but exactly zero large media organizations agree as well. Journalistic integrity is bad for business. That said, when a huge corporation is profiting by turning people into addicts and killing them, I have no sympathy. Let the FDA and DEA worry about which opioid deaths are whose fault while the courts lay each and every one at Purdue's feet. The odds that they deserve it due to some other as-yet undiscovered shenanigans that they're likely to get away with are as close to 100% as makes no difference.
I agree on journalistic integrity. But isn't it important to uphold that standard, even if others don't?
They may deserve it, but it's by knowing those details that we determine if they do or not.
Because otherwise your position basically becomes 'If company did thing x and as a result is bad, it's okay to blame them for thing y and thing z, which they probably had nothing to do with, but we've already determined they are bad and therefore they deserve any blame we throw at them justified or not'.
The problem with that is it sets up witch hunts. You are bad, therefore we can blame you for anything we want, and that blame justifies your being treated as bad.
That is why the Constitution mandates due process. And we should uphold that same standard, in our minds and in our positions and in our debates.