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• A reply on Conversation: Is it right to profit from addiction? Is it right to profit from harm?

  Sep 25 2012: Well profiting from rehabilitation is profiting from treatment, that's a whole other question. The question is related to profiting from selling things that cause harm. Specifically, from the portion pf profits that are directly earned from consumers who are addicted, i.e. cannot control their consumption and would rather not be consuming.

• A reply on Conversation: Is it right to profit from addiction? Is it right to profit from harm?

  Sep 25 2012: Feyisayo, the do you understand addiction? People who are addicted cannot control themselves. And whilst they may have been responsible in using alcohol for instance, once addicted they can't control themselves. In South Africa, the so called warning on every alcoholic "beverage" is simply... Not for sale to persons under the age of 18 years old. Your argument is what alcohol manufacturers use to exclude themselves from any liability whatsoever. But does the so called warning on alcoholic beverages in South Africa "Not for sale to person's under the age of 18 years of age" - adequately warn people that... 1) Alcohol is a a drug. 2) The government recommended daily allowance of alcohol is 2 units per day for men and 1 unit per day for woman? 3) That drinking more than the government recommended daily allowance is considered misuse? 4) That misusing drugs can kill you? see http://www.ahrc.org.za