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<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WlFLL5uxRdNKwrG2WH-mkODnfV6dY5mQSAW4B3whHBMf kj5ZLagEU886TxKrRrkp9u2xD180CVe2X4Meadq5Ymp6Gy_CUv12jgxco5esEZaVbS3dZyvqhnGm EokQGZdJIyTt2ICFmuzHKGXcGO_1MODltiZT6yAsK9-WuBJ3hJOq-yFAf2IBnA==&c=0YyBzmq71 wy2KWVkyQJE17CvbDD2O62O45EHcjMap4N4Wp0VDeG5Ow==&ch=nBLqsKePcl7EZtuuJ6f16jED3 8rrBbROHdmqWYEUZZrwD44yWoHQzw==> May 8, 2014 FDA Chief Gets It Right We want safe foods and drugs. But should we want the Food and Drug Administration? Or more regulation from it? We can use third-party investigations of the nature and effects of pharmaceuticals; but a government agency doing the investigating sure has its drawbacks. The bureaucracy's coercive regulations and costly mandates should certainly not trump individual judgments about whether one may use a drug. <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/zohydroER.png> The FDA exists, however, and its massive presence in modern medicine isn't going away any time soon. Luckily, some of its decisions are better than others. And now that it has authorized sale of the painkiller Zohydro ER, we can say it made the right call here. The rightness of the decision is highlighted rather than contradicted by mounting political pressure <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WlFLL5uxRdNKwrG2WH-mkODnfV6dY5mQSAW4B3whHBMf kj5ZLagEU_dP9KVvfw1cYvhfJYepFuJiUUoawDyZDcAMhUSxn5sT6h1Awh93FdC-ckSsRxP9aZi8 1cadywD6GVQziuVbNt0qJXJCY2vRc_qNeLuXQInp6Nfrvwq1atq40mxDcFXpL2oRhCszjDPYk-Vt ANB3Kc-u5RvKr5h6yil-Bs24MKV4b2EP_W0TmigepmD5kFS43xGUW0rwJI0vr463WvKYsyIEIcnG EfS-nYjB1faSZ-QRKokUwHvLCWfZKxC7c7pjFg==&c=0YyBzmq71wy2KWVkyQJE17CvbDD2O62O4 5EHcjMap4N4Wp0VDeG5Ow==&ch=nBLqsKePcl7EZtuuJ6f16jED38rrBbROHdmqWYEUZZrwD44yW oHQzw==> to reverse it. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, a Republican, are among those demanding that Zohydro be outlawed. Their main complaint seems to be that the drug's very effectiveness makes it more addictive, and more prone to abuse, than other painkillers. Officeholders from 29 states have chimed in to demand a ban. I don't know the ratio of benefits to risks in taking this drug. I know that if I'm writhing in pain, and other painkillers can't do much to alleviate it, but Zohydro ER can, I want the freedom to decide for myself <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WlFLL5uxRdNKwrG2WH-mkODnfV6dY5mQSAW4B3whHBMf kj5ZLagEU_dP9KVvfw1cl3nGAW1zYSYRax5L6e2S_rxI1LRZWUH9lnmJg5gSSfcCVeNx6YJC99s7 q9N-wc9hL6GxYIJQY9OSGPvnMJ5KKpIuTYs9qb8A2Ve23eUwWYRl7LzS8RmcHpw9aGQQqe51O9JX 6yTaMoLcfs9nUDnyZEgwQ37YJrfMEmEwopp2FmB1XsoPKLAxR-W4fmJi7lq6ABcudWjIlITqDHiF jzDrJu-uewSeeSlU&c=0YyBzmq71wy2KWVkyQJE17CvbDD2O62O45EHcjMap4N4Wp0VDeG5Ow==& ch=nBLqsKePcl7EZtuuJ6f16jED38rrBbROHdmqWYEUZZrwD44yWoHQzw==> whether the benefits are worth the risks. We have the right to make such decisions about our own lives. In the meantime, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg deserves credit for resisting political demands that the agency rescind its approval. My prescription for her? Don't back down. This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob. Comment on this episode <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WlFLL5uxRdNKwrG2WH-mkODnfV6dY5mQSAW4B3whHBMf kj5ZLagEU_dP9KVvfw1cFN1SvtiFZyPYhDGrCGaUDDS5Z8BmBel9WhDyrHEg7bc6UNWQ-715LypM qM_Lq8L3EpHg6TAYXOSO5dtDxXyrO6HsV2aF5riy9fwnzHDOrVTF4Q0ADwbPhh6vCfzLnfBh&c=0 YyBzmq71wy2KWVkyQJE17CvbDD2O62O45EHcjMap4N4Wp0VDeG5Ow==&ch=nBLqsKePcl7EZtuuJ 6f16jED38rrBbROHdmqWYEUZZrwD44yWoHQzw==> | View/Print the PDF <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WlFLL5uxRdNKwrG2WH-mkODnfV6dY5mQSAW4B3whHBMf kj5ZLagEU_dP9KVvfw1cSd_O_Df6KpzPn7IOtynZ1qlugKBG7i7QsnCIdTAKTTvdkdXkjKsdSDTO ZNQdMEy9HlLeHof0F45gsCSesSiNA1yt0wGzwBWM7edZy1rMRSJRKqz_unUgLWmCQKSQfLXltsEt NMeMGz0=&c=0YyBzmq71wy2KWVkyQJE17CvbDD2O62O45EHcjMap4N4Wp0VDeG5Ow==&ch=nBLqs KePcl7EZtuuJ6f16jED38rrBbROHdmqWYEUZZrwD44yWoHQzw==> Today On May 8, 1899, Austrian-English economist and philosopher Friedrich August von Hayek was born. He signed the bulk of his books written in the English language as "F.A. 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