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DRUG BUST Alan Cassels

WE TRUST strongly in our medical system because, metaphorically speaking, we largely don’t mix church and state. For the most part, the medical care we receive from our hospitals and doctors is supported by public funds and delivered on the basis of human goodness, charity and justice. Examples that show how strenuous we are in ensuring that commerce doesn’t taint our medical care include:

* We don’t let doctors sell drugs; pharmacists do that.
* We don’t let drug companies run medical schools; universities do that.
* We don’t let drug manufacturers write prescribing guidelines for physicians; independent experts do that.
* And we don’t let people selling drugs or medical devices write medical journal articles; academic physicians do that.

Or, at least, that’s what I thought.