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Why do we trust the FDA?

• ada1981 5y ago
  I was surprised to learn that people (still) do. I learned long ago that I needed to take my health in my own hands and that the FDA was an adversarial force. I had to face decades of incarceration to access the medicine that would eventually save and transform my life — through an underground provider who was risking the same. I went on to spend a number of years helping dozens of others do the same.
  • amanaplanacanal 5y ago
    I’m curious what your story has to do with the fda. If you Are dealing with schedule 1 materials, aren’t they written into law by Congress, not the fda?
    • ada1981 5y ago
      Congress was certainly not much help either. For me, I was using psychedelics to transcend “bipolar” and “schizophrenia”. This was before the popularity of these substances was mainstream.
    • Scoundreller 5y ago
      You’re probably right, but makes me wonder if it could be an abortion pill or a pricey treatment like hepC treatment. Or something schedule 2+ and used a little too off-label for insurance to cover it because the fda won’t let it be labelled for OP’s use. But an underground provider might prescribe it the “approved” way.
• daniel-cussen 5y ago
  There really are many situations where it works as intended, and FDA also prevents and pre-empts abuses, they just don't get credit for it publicly. I expect they get credit publicly in places few people ever look, like their website. And, then, there's cases that undermine trust, like OxyContin, specifically accepting Purdue's claim that seven equals twelve.