Comment by JumpCrisscross

Side note: CATO isn’t a particularly credible source. (Like Greenpeace.)

That said, even though I agree with them in this case, that bolsters the case for regulation being effective. If the FDA were ineffective, pharmaceuticals could “play…legal gymnastics and pay rudimentary fines” to get around their power. In other words, the magnitude is undisputed; we’re debating the sign.