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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by Clubber on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:01AM (#36847278)
>Prescriptions would be pointless since consenting adults could just sell/trade them.

A good chunk of the population operates this way right now. Also why pay a $150 kickback to doctors just to write something on a pad that probably shouldn't require a prescription in the first place?

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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by smcin on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:38AM (#36999134)
That's an American complaint about an American problem. Basic healthcare in the rest of the developed world functions ok, unlike the US; there simply is no "$150 kickback".

And why the US created that setup (between the 1960s-80s) is a political discussion.

We're straying from the general premise here about about abolishing any legal limits on pharmaceuticals. Or else, we're changing the topic to an argument-from-consequences based on the idiosyncrasies of US healthcare and its costs.

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