$75 million in drugs stolen from an Eli Lilly warehouse

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Is that $75 million we'd pay for the drugs in the US? Or would it merely be the $5 million they'd pay for the drugs in Canada? Headline should probably read $2 million in drugs stolen. :-)

$75M of anything inside, and not even a rent-a-cop on site?

What's the (true) replacement cost?

What's the pharma co's liability due to theft?

I didn't just recheck the article (saw it earlier), but IIRC the $75MM cited is wholesale cost to downstream distributors (next step in the distribution chain).

At the same time, it does kind of, in a sideways fashion, help make a mockery of our so-called "war on [illegal] drugs".

EDIT: Although, with regard to my last sentence, the article (or the one I saw, if not WSJ) does point out that no narcotics nor stimulants were present.

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