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One of the unconscionable things this Administration has done is subvert the FDA. Originally formed to protect the America people from spurious drugs, it now plays the lapdog in some instances to political needs and appointees. The doctors and scientists approved this drug. the political appointees prevented it from being approved. This is a drug that the right wing has prevented from being distriuted in many pharmacies. There have been reports of the difficulties in trying to fill a prescription.
So, now the GAO has shown that politics at the FDA trumps science. How can the people trust the FDA to protect them when it is not impartial? I mean, will a company be able to stop a competitiors drug from being approved by providing a large enough bribe (donation to the RNC)? Loss of integrity by the FDA bodes ill for us all. And, unfortunately, many truly good people at the FDA have resigned over this issue, allowing their spots to be filled by people who think it is okay for political appointees to make such medial decisions.
Over and above everything else this Administration is guilty of (ant there are so many), the one that hits closest to home is their subjugation of science and medicine to politics. In the long run, this may be the more destructive. Scientific investigations are an attempt to find truth in the natural world. This Administration is psychotic in its need to make 'truth' match its political needs. 2:00:06 PM 
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