

Paracetamol is made all over the world. It’s not complex and it’s cheap.
The article discusses that this current issue is predominantly because paracetamol is usually derived from petrochemical feedstocks. It was originally discovered while testing coal tar analgesic analogues.
There are very recent developments to make it from pine tar so that it doesn’t require petrochemicals, but that has not yet become a large part of the industry.












Religion.
Historically the primary reason that euthanasia is repeatedly challenged / legally blocked worldwide.