Guest guest Posted May 14, 2003 Report Share Posted May 14, 2003 Tue, 13 May 2003 13:50:01 -0500 WC Douglass Northern lawlessness Daily Dose May 13, 2003 ************************************************************** Drug smuggling - across the Canadian border? We Americans believe in the free market, don't we? Of course we do. Why? Because competition for your dollar in a " laissez-faire " economic model is what keeps prices down, spurs the development of cutting-edge new technologies, and expands the worldwide universe of commerce... Unless the government gets involved. Then we get price controls, needless regulation, over-taxation, and a narrowing of consumer options. People, even the American people who are supposedly believers in free enterprise, really understand that regulation means higher prices, not lower. Case in point: Prescription drugs. Instead of opening the U.S. market to global competition (like in the automobile, electronics, and textiles sectors), those Big Brother bandits on The Hill are making it more and more difficult for you to reap the benefits of a competition-driven pharmaceutical industry... And they're doing it under the guise of protecting your health! Now, I want to set aside for a moment the fact that most patent medicines can put you in an early grave - as can much of mainstream medicine, for that matter. If you've been reading anything I've written for the past decade or so, you already know this. No, what I want to bring to light is how the FDA and other regulatory factions are now aiming to criminalize Americans for capitalizing on the very essence of the free market! Specifically, by seeking lower prices on prescription medications in neighboring Canada. I can see it now: If these new rules pass, how long will it be before someone, somewhere gets arrested for smuggling LEGAL drugs across an OPEN BORDER! Here's the rub (or rob, more accurately): According to the FDA, drugs bought from other countries - even though they were originally made, sealed, and sold abroad wholesale by U.S. companies - pose a serious threat to your health. Why? Because they've been across the Canadian border and cannot be guaranteed safe. Yep. That's their reason for forcing you to buy the IDENTICAL drugs at your local pharmacy - at two or three times the price, in some instances. This governmental tyranny of the marketplace couldn't possibly be because of pressure from the drug giants to control prices (translation: ensure profits). NOOooo! That would be unethical... And what a laugh, anyway! The FDA can't guarantee the safety of prescription drugs in the first place! Look how many people die in the U.S. every year because of them. Legalistic tricks keep drug prices high - and make it clear whose interests the FDA really looks out for. ************************************************************** Stench warfare in the battle of the sexes... I know that pro-Franco sentiment in the U.S. is probably pretty low right now, but I may have just stumbled on some fascinating research that answers an age-old question: How can French men be so successful at wooing women when they HARDLY EVER SHOWER? C'mon, you know what I mean. There's the enviable reputation of the French for romance - and then their reputation for barely bathing (at least by American standards). Yet sex surveys report year in and year out that those rank rakes of France get lucky more often than men of just about any other civilized nation. So what gives? One would think that only fresh, clean people would have any sort of chance at getting lucky, no matter what language they woo each other in. Yet the truth of the matter may be exactly 180 degrees from what we've come to believe. According to a recent Reuter's article, a study conducted by University of Pennsylvania biologists concluded that male perspiration had a profoundly positive effect on women's moods. That's right: Among test subjects, a dose of man- sweat applied to the upper lip (ugh!) reduced stress, induced relaxation, and raised hormone levels normally associated with ovulation. When you really stop to consider it, this makes sense. As much as we pretend otherwise, we humans are animals - and in the whole of the animal kingdom, scents and pheromones rule the roost when it comes to sex. If species washed these musky markers away with soap and water every day, they probably wouldn't breed as often. So if you want to make a big impression on that next hot date, don't shower for a week beforehand... I'm kidding, of course (unless you're French). Seriously, though - this research could pave the way for new developments in the treatments for infertility, PMS, or even menopause if the mainstream latches onto it and explores the possibilities... But it'll probably only spur a new generation of " get lucky " after-shaves and colognes. After all, that's where the money is. If this happens, I will try them and report back. Watching out for the real banditos, William Campbell Douglass II, MD ************************************************************** Copyright ©1997-2003 by www.realhealthnews.com, L.L.C. 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