Two Texas school districts have joined the opioid gold rush. Hey, why not get in on the action? Everyone else is doing it – including multiple municipalities, and the state, too.
In fact, it seems like all the so-called moral authorities in our civic institutions are trying to cash in. What could go wrong?
It’s not like they have to worry about setting a bad example for the students in their school district, or the citizens in their city or state. Just because they’re denying their own responsibility and their failure to exercise their authority in addressing the problem in a timely manner, instead blaming it on others, and trying to take advantage of our legal system to make a buck, that doesn’t mean that students and citizens are paying attention and will draw the obvious conclusions: if they can do it, we can do it.
So, if you haven’t yet filed an opioid lawsuit and had it consolidated with the MDL in Harris County, what are you waiting for? Come one, come all. But you must act now! This offer won’t last long!
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The two school districts, Irving ISD and Texarkana ISD, claim they suffered decreased resources due to the diversion of funds to address the opioid epidemic.
Okay, but who diverted the funds? Isn’t that whom they should challenge?
The districts also claim they have suffered increased costs for training school nurses and for increased law enforcement on school grounds.
Okay, but who made those decisions?
How do parents respond when children say everyone else is doing it? How do teachers respond when students say their dogs ate their homework? How do policemen, prosecutors, and judges respond when defendants say it wasn’t their fault, they didn’t mean it, or they didn’t know it was against the law? With skepticism, right?
Well, if school districts and city and state officials had done their jobs, there might not have been an opioid crisis. Now they want to hold others responsible.
Sorry. Color us skeptical.