Do We Need The FDA?

Techdirt has a post up about open source drug trials, where private journals and doctors use public data to determine if a drug is safe. This allows individuals and doctors to look at the data and make their own decisions about what risks they are willing to take, without the Federal Government determining if certain drugs can even be on the market.

On a side note, Techdirt is a cooperate intelligence and technology trends company, but they have some really fascinating stuff on free markets, among many other things. They are always worth a read.