Chula Vista

The Senate vote on the Iraq war was 77 to 23.

Listen, this person is going to die in a short while. They've exhausted every possible option. There's no hope left. At that point do whatever you want to do. If it's an experimental drug, go for it. Don't restrict them from trying.

If nothing else, it might speed up some FDA approvals.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

I'm not saying that we should restrict them from trying, I'm saying that there options that should not present themselves as medicine that can do just that because of this bill without repurcussion. The terminally ill can already exhaust their options by being a part of clinical trials for legitimate experimental medicine. There might be a few underfunded companies who can benefit from this and streamline their funding process with money from the terminally ill as opposed to paying the terminally ill to participate in their trials, but this is a window for creators of ineffective and potentially unsafe medicines to exploit the desparate.

And how often are people barred to begin with?

What makes you say this? From where I'm sitting this is an attempt to move away from the FDA.

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The Batlord

Might also create a secret pharmaceutical side business of deliberately developing bogus medicine that they know will never pass the FDA. Since there'll be no massive time and money commitment then they can just sprinkle as much as of both as they absolutely need to, jack up the prices anyway (as usual), and have themselves a quick buck whenever they need it. That's just off the top of my head.

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Frownland

Exactly. All they have to do is establish that it's not toxic and they can start selling it.

Any terminally ill cancer patients want to try out my magic cinnamon?

The unanimous vote is entirely political btw. Imagine explaining the nuance of why you voted against FREEDOM to your constituents.

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Chula Vista

Your assumptions conclusions. And a very cynical one - as usual.

Ineffective - how do you know this? Again, snake oil salesmen are not going to be included in this.

Potentially unsafe - duh. The person is already slated to die. Roll the dice.

Re: FDA

It normally takes about 10 years to get FDA approval. If a bunch of people try a drug that's on the waiting list and it hurts them, then that drug takes a bunch of steps backwards.

If a bunch of people try a drug that's on the waiting list and they show some positive results, the FDA will pay attention.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

Dude. It takes up to ten years to get FULL FDA approval. The bill allows for unapproved drugs to hit the market so long as they pass preliminary safety tests. Snake oil can absolutely get involved with this. There is a massive difference between passing phase one and being FDA approved. They have not tested for efficacy. They have not tested for safety on the sick. They have only established that it is not immediately toxic for entirely healthy people.

Someone who knows what they're talking about take over for Chula.

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Chula Vista

Extremely naive statements. This bill doesn't just bust the doors wide open for every Tom, Dick, and Harry pharmaceutical company to dump junk into the market.

Stop posting with your hair on fire.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Goofle

What exactly is the incentive for bogus pharmaceutical products to be made for and sold to terminally ill people that will be tested and proven to not work, leading to whatever punishment that entails?

Let people decide what they want to do with their lives. We don't need the government deciding if your dying father should be able to try an experimental treatment under the premise that it might not "pass the snake oil test".

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Frownland

Calls us naive. Entirely ignores implications of a bill just because it's popular among the corrupt.

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Chula Vista

Classic Frownland. When all else fails, go for the low blow. You are the one that asked for a debate dumbass.

BREAKING NEWS ALERT

You don't know everything.
Your opinions are not the end all, be all.
Your **** stinks worse than mine.
Your high opinion of yourself counts for jack **** in these conversations.

If this bill had even an ounce of potential issues at least one democrat would have puffed their feathers and voted no. And we can all agree that they have more insight than we do. Admit it Frownland.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”