02 September 2004
Does the Unlicensed Sale of Pharmaceuticals Justify War?
How can it be that attempting to establish democratic government in Iraq justified the intervention of the U.S. by force? Reductio ad absurdum, would invasion have been justified in order to eliminate the sale of prescription pharmaceuticals by street vendors? According to The Wall Street Journal of September 2, 2004, the first goal of Iraq’s new Ministry of Health “is to stop unauthorized drug sales.” Maybe the Ministry can also help multinational pharmaceutical companies end unlicensed sales of brand name drugs over the Internet.
It is truly dangerous for consumers to buy prescriptions from unqualified sources. But information is a better weapon than force for generating wise purchasing practices. The same, of course, is true of spreading democracy across the globe.
How can it be that attempting to establish democratic government in Iraq justified the intervention of the U.S. by force? Reductio ad absurdum, would invasion have been justified in order to eliminate the sale of prescription pharmaceuticals by street vendors? According to The Wall Street Journal of September 2, 2004, the first goal of Iraq’s new Ministry of Health “is to stop unauthorized drug sales.” Maybe the Ministry can also help multinational pharmaceutical companies end unlicensed sales of brand name drugs over the Internet.
It is truly dangerous for consumers to buy prescriptions from unqualified sources. But information is a better weapon than force for generating wise purchasing practices. The same, of course, is true of spreading democracy across the globe.
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