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RE: Can Right Coexist With Wrong? – Drop in the Ocean – Constitute
Most drugs come with a warning: Don't use while operating a motorized vehicle. The last I checked, a helicopter was a motorized vehicle. These warnings also include lawn mowers, by the way. It's just common sense. Big Pharma, or the government, may not put a sanction on something, but it's up to the end user to be responsible. Really sad event.
I agree, but in the world which we live today, pressure from big Pharma to on the airline industry to not ban such drugs for use by pilots, exposes a weakness in actually doing the right thing, and the cause is simply to make more money. Lives are expendable if it means maintaining/increasing profit.
If they've actually done that and there's a paper trail, they could be liable. Remember what happened to Philip Morris?
I don't recall what happened to Phillip Morris, but did anyone go to jail? Look at GM. They knowingly delayed recalling cars for a fault they knew would kill people, which it did, but even then, no one went to jail.
GM's reason for why they did it? To protect themselves from the backlash, which would hurt their profits. It's disgusting.
I doubt if big Pharma did get caught, that anyone would go to jail. So, corporate execs aren't afraid at all to do things they know are illegal, because the government will just end up "settling" with them.
No, I don't think anyone with Phillip Morris went to jail. What you say is true. The individuals who are responsible for such things typically don't bear any consequences. The corporations get fined, and they may be hefty fines, but they shield the individuals from responsibility.