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It's a fundamentally predatory industry.
Just because some people are using it as advertised and getting benefit from it doesn't change that fact.
It deserves to be cracked down on.
There's perfectly legitimate reasons to be making and selling fentanyl, but that industry too needs to have tight regulatory control because of how it inherently generates victims for profit. So too with payday lenders.
Slightly unrelated: several states have made it illegal for medical debt to adversely affect your credit score. Check if yours is one and write your state reps if it isn't.