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"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those w
by transfire 11y ago
"If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." --Thomas Jefferson
- Tomte 11y agoI suppose you'd like to take FDA-unapproved medication? I wouldn't.
- dchest 11y agoYou say it like there's a choice.
- diqu 11y agoYou say that like there's a sane and safe alternative.
- tomp 11y agoWhat if you don't care? If I were terminally ill, dying in a few months, I would definitely be interested in trying the latest experimental drugs. I mean, what's the worst that can happen? (Although legalizing euthanasia would help too.)
- diqu 11y agoThis is already happening, even with agencies like the FDA in place. It's called off-label use: http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/chemotherapy/off-label-drug-use http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/tre...
- mseebach 11y agoI would. (I would, however, be looking to other sources of approval. Take Daraprim, the infamous $750 pill - at the time of the price hike, it was trivially available from perfectly safe foreign suppliers at <$1, just not with the FDAs approval. It's only available in the US now at that price because some people found a regulatory loophole that allowed them to sell it without the FDAs approval.)
- chrisoverzero 11y agoTommy Jeff never said that. * http://www.snopes.com/quotes/jefferson/medicine.asp http://www.snopes.com/quotes/jefferson/medicine.asp * http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/if-people-let-government-decide-what-foods-they-eat-and-what-medicines-they http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/if-people-let-gover...