{"by":"jcranmer","id":24214538,"kids":[24215041],"parent":24212860,"text":"Man, if only there were some way we could run an experiment where we could see how the industry would react if drugs were not required to be vouched for by a regulatory agency.<p>Wait, there is: the health supplement industry. You know, the people who can't be bothered to even put in their claimed active ingredients because it's all placebo anyways?<p>The FDA was set up literally because of these snake oil situations, and modern evidence suggests that snake oil still thrives wherever the FDA is banned from setting foot.","time":1597863215,"type":"comment"}