Its not at all silly. Its an example of the law of untended consequences.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Unintended_co...
The intent isn't to "poison the elderly and chronic pain patients" but it is the effect, and has been going on long enough, that like all the other unintended consequences of TWOD, are ignored by the Federal bureaucracy that benefits from it.
Exactly. If people believe the government is doing something bad on purpose they'll make trouble, whereas if they believe the government is doing something bad by accident they'll stay home and keep beating off to Fox news.
Hence the Iraq war, public schools, war on drugs, crumbling infrastructure, farm subsidies, ethanol subsidies, oil subsidies, health care system, prison system, food insecurity, etc.
Everyone wants to create laws based on 'intentions' and 'emotion', no one gives a shit about the evidence-based policies or bodies in the street.
