I would just say that we would not want any drug, no matter what its ill-use might be, if it has a positive use to ever be denied by the FDA. We know lots of drugs today that are approved by the FDA that have tremendously, terrible side effects. Thalidomide has a terrible side effect profile, but yet it has some tremendous positive benefits.
Discussing the FDA's role in drug approval and the balance of benefits and side effects.
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You beat the crap out of them when something goes wrong, so their underlying statement is never do what is best when you can do what is safe.
So, what you are really doing is fighting a dark force that does not want the American people to know what is going on up here.
We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'
I want to thank Senator Lankford in his role as the Chairman of my Appropriations Subcommittee.
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