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by rosser 4405 days ago
1. Is it a proper role for government to solve that particular problem?

Who else is going to? There's no profit in it, so you can't expect someone to do it out of Smith-ian self-interest. And you certainly can't expect the pharma companies to police themselves; they hide studies that clearly show adverse, even deadly side effects, and otherwise outright lie, even with the FDA around. Imagine the hijinks that would ensue without it.