FDA Condones Unsafe Human Experiments

The New York Times reports that the FDA fails to ensure the safety of millions of people who participate in experimental clinical trials. In fact, the government doesn’t even have any idea how many of these experiments are taking place. The FDA haphazardly follows up on less than 1%, and when problems are found little or nothing is done.

The New York Times outlines several horror stories of individuals stuck in an unscrupulous system, as well as the near total lack of FDA oversight. This is one more example of FDA ineptitude – which is comprised of a very long list of transgressions against the citizens of this country. Let’s call a spade a spade, the FDA is little more than a police force bully serving as the gatekeeper to profits for elite companies at the expense of human health. Taking any drug is like playing Russian roulette.