Jan 18, 2023
For over a decade, epidemic fentanyl addiction has been a mass casualty crisis, and a significant—if not primary—contributor to the rot of every major city in the country. If there exists a will among our political class to solve this problem (admittedly questionable), our local officials certainly haven’t found a way. Fortunately, there now exists a wild potential solution. Long story short? Scientists have developed a fentanyl vaccination. Next uncomfortable question: should addicts be asked, pressured, or even forced to take it?
For my part, the idea of children, or even healthy adults being asked, let alone pressured to undergo a new treatment strikes me as clearly unethical. But were a convicted drug offender offered a quick way out of prison in the form of a cure to his own addiction? That’s a different question, and I’m not sure I hate the notion.
Nick Russo guests for Pirate Wires with a piece on the new vaccine, the early whispers of strategic thinking surrounding administration of the drug, and the many fraught ethical questions at play.
sydney sweeney has once again triggered the internet by showing off her curves in an ad. on the hypocrisy of these new critics, and why sweeney’s are the boobs america just can’t quit
a new novel imagines a world where we authorize american pirates to shoot down illegal chinese spy ships. here’s our review.
pirate wires #163 // palmer luckey vs. paul graham on american labor, unpacking the h-1b visa, and how tech stumbled into the red hot center of america’s battle over immigration