San Francisco to get record-breaking $230 million from Walgreens amid ‘immense suffering’ of drug epidemic
While it’s not really news to the unaffected anymore, this settlement does give us pause to take stock of ourselves. By ourselves I mean individually, collectively, as a nation of justice, as human beings.
This settlement represents what happens when greed gets so out of control, so ugly, so perverse, that it becomes facilitated to the point of massive losses of human life. Where were our elected officials, our government agencies, the medical profession, our “trusted servants” during this crisis as it was unfolding?
How will we each change in response to this? Or will we react as we do with every school shooting, and simply move through 72 hours of this being news and then move on with business as usual. The change starts with each of us. Start by voting for people who will care for and protect and serve us. Start by looking at how you care for yourself, your family, members of your community. Do we just eventually all die or do we revolt?
