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1. Mixed feelings- one one hand, we want new or improved drugs to reach our medicine cabinets. O.t.o h., who remembers
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:18 AM
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a drug called Thalidomide. It was quick approved in European countries and reach final approval in the U.S., much later. The result was that most of the birth defects that came from using the drug are experienced in European nations.

The Republican mantra is that regulations stifles the economy. But many regulations were developed to solve a problem or to address changes that occur in the environment or in response to new technology.

Traffic lights stifle my ability to get from point A to point B in an efficient manner. Lets deregulate traffic lights.

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