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Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @07:27PM (#15709311)
> Regarding the FDA I don't think the government should be telling me what drugs I can and can't take.

That's not what the FDA does (the DEA, OTOH...)

The FDA deals with how drugs can be marketed, not what people can take.

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Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by lend000 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:02AM (#15710358)
> The FDA deals with how drugs can be marketed, not what people can take.

If that's all it did, the FDA would be an ideal system. However, that's not true; the FDA also deals with which drugs can be marketed. Effectively, the FDA is indirectly preventing citizens from taking experimental drugs, whether they have a terminal illness or not.

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