Comments on: Acetaminophen (paracetamol) to be banned by FDA? http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/07/02/acetaminophen-paracetamol-to-be-banned-by-fda/ News, information and comment for the UK pre-hospital care professionals Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:22:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Editor http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/07/02/acetaminophen-paracetamol-to-be-banned-by-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Editor Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:37:23 +0000 http://www.paramedic.org.uk/?p=1277#comment-138 "Of course, instead of the intended effect of less drug abuse, we now have more liver failures, at a higher societal cost. This is the same thinking that has people opposed to clean needles programs - does less clean needles mean people will inject less? No, actually they will still inject, and they will have a higher chance of contracting Hepatitis or HIV." from Craig Davison @ slashdot “Of course, instead of the intended effect of less drug abuse, we now have more liver failures, at a higher societal cost. This is the same thinking that has people opposed to clean needles programs – does less clean needles mean people will inject less? No, actually they will still inject, and they will have a higher chance of contracting Hepatitis or HIV.”

from Craig Davison @ slashdot

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