-Caveat Lector-
I don't think we can go to a system where there is NO regulation, because it is just
asking for trouble from those who would be unscrupulous regardless. In matters of
health I think it is advisable to have truly independant experts evaluate the
effectiveness and safety of all products, but that the people should STILL have the
last word as to whether they want to try it or not. In other words I think that if
you want to take a drug that the FDA says is ineffective or possibly dangerous then I
don't think they have the right to keep it from you or you from taking it. At the
same time there does need to be some measure of control over claims, manufacturing
protocals, standardization, truth in labelling, etc.
On Tue, 26 September 2000, "M.A. Johnson" wrote:
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> FDA advisers tied to industry
>
> Ever hear of the Public Choice Model?
>
> This unconstitutional, oppressive illusion should
> be abolished.
>
> Regard$,
> --MJ
>
> Regulation - which is based on force and fear - undermines the
> moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a
> building inspector than to meet his standards of construction.
> A fly-by-night securities operator can quickly meet all the
> S.E.C. requirements, gain the inference of respectability, and
> proceed to fleece the public. In an unregulated economy, the
> operator would have had to spend a number of years in reputable
> dealings before he could earn a position of trust sufficient to
> induce a number of investors to place funds with him. Protection
> of the consumer by regulation is thus illusory. -- Alan Greenspan
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