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I can see your point about the teeth government regulation has over 3rd party regulation, but you do have to concede that for many benign products and services
by marknutter 13y ago
I can see your point about the teeth government regulation has over 3rd party regulation, but you do have to concede that for many benign products and services (that don't involve danger to life and limb) 3rd party rating services work quite well. The debate should be about whether or not the consumer has any teeth when it comes to rejecting unsafe or inferior products and services, and if those teeth are as sharp as the Government's.
- Nursie 13y agoI agree, many things can be done this way. I think that with drugs the dangers from contamination and fraud are serious enough to have some proper regulation. Slip-ups or profit-motivated cuts and substitutions cost lives, many lives. Of course some of this would be mitigated by removing the unnecessary anonymity factor from a legal silk road. I also like the idea of going to a shop and buying recognised brands of chemicals from well known companies. Total normalisation of the drug trade rather than sketchy, rep base forums. "Hullo pharmacist, I'd like a quarter gram of DiPT crystal please" "Certainly sir. Now you're not going to be mixing that with MDMA or other serotonergica are you? Nasty interactions I'm afraid. That'll be £12"