I'll have to reread John's piece tomorrow (I'm on vacation right now), but it doesn't surprise me. He and I have been arguing about this topic via email for the last week or so. He takes the traditional liberal view of government regulation of drugs is necessary; I take the more libertarian one. The Cato Institute, BTW, will be putting together a roundtable on this soon. -Declan On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, John Young wrote:
10-28-96. WaPo:
Dissing Declan's Hotwired slam of the FDA conference on regulating Internet advertising and promotion: "Ultimately, this debate isn't about speech. It comes down to how much regulation we want."
Declan, singe dis negro inquisto, si?
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