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The bit about the culpability of manufacturers and prescribers was in response to numan's screed about big Pharma.
If we are to term what I wrote a "screed," then we will need a term representing a screed raised to a higher power to be used in referring to some of your postings, Churl.
The persons responsible for misuse of drugs are those who misuse them, not the companies that manufacture them or the practitioners who write the scrips.
Ah, the age-old tactic of apologists for con-men and evil-doers down through the ages !
Blame the victims, and coddle the criminals.