Topic: Prescription only drugs
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #104,199
Apparently less than a hundred years ago, you could walk into a pharmacy and pick up any non-narcotic drug you wanted and purchase it without a prescription.
This changed in 1938 with the passage of a bill that was nominally supposed to require labeling of drugs after an incident of several hundred deaths due to an improperly formulated drug. The chief of the FDA described the bill:
> "The bill is not intended to restrict
> in any way the availability of drugs for self-medication. On the contrary,
> it is intended to make self-medication safer and more effective."
>
> Despite these assurances from the chief of the FDA, the FDA moved
> within six months of the bill's passage to sharply curtain self-medication
> and used a substantial and increasing proportion of its drug resources
> to enforce its imposed limitations thereafter.
And so "listening to the medical experts" was born.
This changed in 1938 with the passage of a bill that was nominally supposed to require labeling of drugs after an incident of several hundred deaths due to an improperly formulated drug. The chief of the FDA described the bill:
> "The bill is not intended to restrict
> in any way the availability of drugs for self-medication. On the contrary,
> it is intended to make self-medication safer and more effective."
>
> Despite these assurances from the chief of the FDA, the FDA moved
> within six months of the bill's passage to sharply curtain self-medication
> and used a substantial and increasing proportion of its drug resources
> to enforce its imposed limitations thereafter.
And so "listening to the medical experts" was born.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #1,173,207
I am glad such a bill was passed. Can you imagine the average obese, stupid American, obsessed with football, who decides he will handle his own health and medication?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 12 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,211
@previous (B)
If that's how you really feel, praytell, why prevent them from hastening their own deaths?
If that's how you really feel, praytell, why prevent them from hastening their own deaths?
Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,212
@previous (A)
Because I am a human being with a soul, and I do not want to see my fellow humans killing themselves out of stupidity. Sorry, but regulation has improved our lives.
Because I am a human being with a soul, and I do not want to see my fellow humans killing themselves out of stupidity. Sorry, but regulation has improved our lives.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,215
@previous (B)
What qualifies you to say that? I think I'll listen to the public policy experts like the one I've quoted.
What qualifies you to say that? I think I'll listen to the public policy experts like the one I've quoted.
Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,217
@previous (A)
If you think the average American can successfully prescribe himself medications based on his "medical knowledge", then you are delusional.
If you think the average American can successfully prescribe himself medications based on his "medical knowledge", then you are delusional.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,219
@previous (B)
What qualifies you to say that? I think I'll listen to the public policy experts like the one I've quoted.
What qualifies you to say that? I think I'll listen to the public policy experts like the one I've quoted.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,244
@previous (A)
The one you've quoted is George P. Larrick.
Not much of an expert, I'm afraid. Larrick did some fine work, but he wasn't a doctor nor was he an expert on addiction. Also, the only schooling he got was literally 100 years ago.
The one you've quoted is George P. Larrick.
George P. Larrick was born on November 19, 1901 in Springfield, Ohio. He worked his way through two years at Wittenberg College from 1919-1921, and then took a pre-med course at Ohio State University from 1921-1923. In 1923, he accepted a "temporary job" as a food and drug inspector in Cincinnati. Fascinated with the work, he abandoned his medical aspirations, and successfully passed the competitive Civil Service exam for a permanent appointment.
Not much of an expert, I'm afraid. Larrick did some fine work, but he wasn't a doctor nor was he an expert on addiction. Also, the only schooling he got was literally 100 years ago.
(Edited 1 minute later.)
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 14 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,245
Anonymous C replied with this 3 years ago, 47 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,249
@previous (A)Yeah, the link did contain that text. But sure, you can't read. Who did you think quoted then?
(Edited 8 minutes later.)
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 13 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,173,250
@previous (C)
I've quoted a quote within a quote, you absolute retard. You found someone, completely unrelated, quoting the same passage. Quit while you're behind. Thanks.
I've quoted a quote within a quote, you absolute retard. You found someone, completely unrelated, quoting the same passage. Quit while you're behind. Thanks.