• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    The 21st century really is the “It might seem illegal, but we called it something else, so it’s not” century, especially for the US.

    It’s not gambling, it’s a prediction market, or loot boxes. It’s not war, it’s a military operation. It’s not bribery, it’s lobbying. It’s not drug dealing, it’s encouraging doctors to prescribe medications which happen to be extremely addictive…

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      6 days ago

      The problem with the last one is that while the sacklers fucked everyone, I don’t trust politicians when they interfere in medical treatments.

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        6 days ago

        How about pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to initiate an interaction with doctors or patients in any way for any reason?

        If a doctor/patient has a question they can reach out. If a company has a new treatment they’ll publish findings and doctors in the field will find out through data and not marketing.