• SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    This movement isn’t suggesting we do away with regulation. It is providing options for people who literally have NO access to life changing medication because of the for-profit pharmaceutical industry.

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      13 days ago

      I know, but the risk of injury is so high, and the history of medical snake-oil salesmen exploiting the desperate is long and bloody.

      This is like letting people build shanty-towns to deal with the housing shortage: it helps in the short-term, but the chance or harm is huge and it takes energy away from dealing with the real issue.