Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses.
  • SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world
    0·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • psvrh@lemmy.ca
      1·
      6 months ago

      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.