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‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine (www.404media.co)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/biohacking@mander.xyz
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21533341

You wouldn't pirate a medicine, would you?

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Oh, this won’t end badly at all.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    It seems like it's aimed at people who would have terrible outcomes without it, e.g. terminal diseases that can be cured but for more money than a person can afford. Unfortunately, an unregulated diy pharmacy looks a lot better than current systems to many people. There's a ton of risk in this, but desperate people will find that risk acceptable.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Cant be any worse than it already is

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I highly suggest you look at the history of medicine leading up to and into late 1800s and early 1900s

    There’s a reason why we have regulations, and those reasons are horrifying.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This movement isn't suggesting we do away with regulation. It is providing options for people who literally have NO access to life changing medication because of the for-profit pharmaceutical industry.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know, but the risk of injury is so high, and the history of medical snake-oil salesmen exploiting the desperate is long and bloody.

    This is like letting people build shanty-towns to deal with the housing shortage: it helps in the short-term, but the chance or harm is huge and it takes energy away from dealing with the real issue.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I actually think this is bringing an enormous amount of attention to the issue, especially once this group goes to court/jail for it. Where else should this energy be spent? This isn't a new issue and it's only got worse over time. I think extreme measures are warranted.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Has anyone actually built/tried any of their designs? I'd like to know more and perhaps get involved.

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    After having read the story, read through some of the website (I haven't watched any of the videos yet), and checked into the GitHub repos, the answer is "Yes. Yes, I would."

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