[genderwhy]

"All these safety regulations slow down the free market! Anyone should be able to make and sell insulin! If it's poisonous, people just won't buy that!"

[ggreer]

I mean… the FDA could drastically reduce the price of drugs and prevent shortages by allowing imports of medicines approved in the EU or Canada.

[genderwhy]

For sure, but also I don't want "Joe's Discount Basement Insulin" to be on the market. I do think we should allow imports of medicines from some places in the world as long as they meet a verifiable safety standard.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

We could also just nationalize the drug industry. Public funds pay for research already don't they? Why even let corporations in on this, just do it all ourselves and let the sociopaths go exploit adtech or some shit that's less likely to get people killed.