Should the FDA be abolished?

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I vote yes, of course

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Hell yeah.  There are many drugs that could be used to cure people that needlessly go through government red tape to get approved.

Correct. FDA approval is a double edged sword: it can save the public from bad drugs, or it can prevent the needy from getting good drugs.

Of course, in a free market, drug companies would be responsible for the drugs they put out. If a bad drug ends up hurting people, a law suit can go forward.

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I know the libertarians don't care if the public's popping poison pills that are supposed to be an antibiotic, but I do.

Uh, nice straw man. I guess you didn't read our posts.

I guess the statists don't care if people suffer because the FDA has not yet approved some drug.

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I already responded to that claim.

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What nonsense. This is how you deal with absolutely all forms of consumer complaints.

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Many are, and that's irrelevant anyway, since we're only discussing deterrents and frivolous lawsuits.

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It's irrelevant because we're only discussing deterrents and frivolous lawsuits.

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There would be no more frivolous lawsuits than with anything else, and they can be dealt with the same way.

There's a deterrent because of suits, as with other products.

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Of course there's a 'deterrent'; but, the results of a business not adhering to the law in order to make money is far more catastrophic.

Uh, they're not going to make money by 'ignoring the law.' They're going to lose money.

I suppose under your reasoning, even the FDA is no solution, because businesses can just ignore it.

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Wrong. Under my incentive, businesses will be responsible for what they do.

It's like airline safety regulations. They make no sense, because the airline has the greatest incentive to make sure they aren't losing millions of dollars.

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The company would be responsible for any harm in court.