This is some Loompanics-ass shit, by which I mean it is both fascinating and also likely to end in people dying and/or doing jail time
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This is some Loompanics-ass shit, by which I mean it is both fascinating and also likely to end in people dying and/or doing jail time
Right to repair for your body - DIY pirated medicine
‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses.
404 Media (www.404media.co)
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the 90s are back bayyybeee, information wants to be free so I 3D-printed my meds, hope I got the chirality and dose right
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@fsvo if I were committing serious crimes punishable by prison sentences I would simply talk about them and publicise my acts at length
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@liamvhogan @fsvo It's ballsy, I'll grant. I actually wish him well. The DIYers who can't afford tens of thousands of dollars a year anyway aren't any worse off than they are now by taking the risk.
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@futzle @fsvo I recall reading about a bunch of Canadian(?) social workers who had a harm minimisation scheme where they basically bought heroin in bulk, tested it, and sold it to addicts at cost, having told the police exactly what they were doing (who apparently thought it was a great idea). But it failed on local politics culture war rocks
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@liamvhogan @futzle @fsvo Vancouver season of The Wire
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@futzle @liamvhogan yeah I very much sympathise with the goal of reducing the costs of pharmaceuticals but this strikes me as an insanely naive and very American solution for that
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@liamvhogan @futzle thanks, this is fascinating
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