文档介绍：oByAnnaQuidlen[1]hatmillionsofAmericansareaddictedtoalethal(poisonous/deadly)drug,yettheFoodandDrugAdministrationhadrepeatedlyrefusedtoregulate(control)(while)theFDAdoesitsduty,anappealscourtdecidesitcannotdoso,thatthedrugissodangerousthatiftheFDAregulatedit,itwouldhavetobebanned.[2]etothetopsy-turvy(是非颠倒的)o,wherenothingmuchmakessense(bemeaningful)exceptthevastprofits,panyexecutivesslip-slidealongthecontinuum(连续统一体)fromaggrieved(sad)innocencetoheartfelt(sincere真诚的)regretwithoutbreaking(shedblood)asweat,andwheretheonlypeoplewhoseemtobeabletoshootstraight(hitthetarget命中目标的)arethejurors(judges)mon)lawsuits.[3]Themostrecentpanel(court)handeddownajudgmentof$145billion—thelargestjuryawardinhistory—,yetthestockmarketscarcely(hardly)(possible)bereducedwhencoolerjudicialheadsprevailed.[4]Thejurors—whogaveuptwoyearsoftheirlives,listenedtoendlesswitnessesandyetdeliberated(gave)onlyafewhours—iveniftheyfeltthey'dfallendownAlice'srabbitholeintoWonderland,wheretheQueenofHeartscries"Offwiththeirheads(Killthem)"butnooneiseverexecuted(killed).[5]AlGore,forinstance,inspired(=encouraged)bythedeathofhissisterfromlungcancer,?,(injected)orsnortedheroin?[6]Icanalmostfeelallthesmokers,tiredofstandingoutsidetheirofficebuildingspuffingintherain,jumpingupanddownandyelling,"oisdifferentfromillicitdrugs!"Becauseitislegal?Nowthere'sacircularargument.[7](about)cigarettes,"Theypossessnovirtue(goodquality),butareinherentlybad,andbadonly."Atthetime(Then),Coca-Colacontainedtracesofcocaine,andheroinwasincoughsyrups.[8]panieshavespreadpoliticalco