Comment by etothepii
3 years ago
This is a very interesting question. Why are medicines regulated federally? As I understand it (and IANAL) doctors, pharmacists and nurses are regulated on a state by state basis.
3 years ago
This is a very interesting question. Why are medicines regulated federally? As I understand it (and IANAL) doctors, pharmacists and nurses are regulated on a state by state basis.
> Why are medicines regulated federally? As I understand it (and IANAL) doctors, pharmacists and nurses are regulated on a state by state basis.
Dr's typically practice in ~1 state while drugs are available in all states simultaneously.
Fifty states - of varying ability - trying to independently qualify all available drugs would be a nightmare of redundancy.
It would be an extraordinary disaster to kick that regulation back to the states.
Florida would probably outlaw all mRNA technology. Their FDA would refuse to approve any mRNA-based therapies, and so on.
We have seen the disaster that approach can cause in healthcare, insurance, abortion (reproductive health broadly), gay rights, etc. It's insane that we have state by state drivers licensing as an example that is merely highly inconvenient.
It's not a good thing that doctors and nurses are regulated at the state level. It's a horrible thing that contributes to the US healthcare system's vast dysfunction.