Slog - Comments on Senators on Drugs http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs Man, state Sen. Jeann Kohl-Welles probably wishes today’s front-page NYT article had hit during the legislative session. As Slog readers know, I was keen on a bill Kohl-Welles was pushing this year that would have required drug companies to reveal—on a state database— the gifts they give healthcare providers. The intent was to let patients know that their doctor may not be making objective prescriptions and also to intimidate pharmaceutical companies out of this crass practice. Crass and dangerous as it turns out. The investigative piece by the NYT zoomed in on Minnesota, the only state that requires drug companies... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 May 2007 11:23:59 -0800 Fri, 18 May 2007 22:55:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Very good analysis.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712081 News Thu, 10 May 2007 11:31:59 -0800 Comment by F "Rather than focusing on gifts to doctors, they said, a better bill would ban advertising to the public."

How about both?

]]> F http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712085 News Thu, 10 May 2007 11:32:49 -0800 Comment by christopher I said it before and I say it again... this sort of thing never gets enough attention. If you really think about it, it's much more important news than the terrorist jackoffs they caught in Jersey, but it probably won't even get a blurb in the crawl on CNN.

]]> christopher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712106 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712106 News Thu, 10 May 2007 12:17:21 -0800 Comment by Transit Man This is a correlation-causation issue.

Wouldn't the guy who is already perscribing tons of prozac to kiddies be the one most likely to want prozac swag?

Wouldn't the guy who HATES prozac and never prescribes it be the one mostly to not want prozac swag and gifts?

I would way more likely want a Metro t-shirt as the transit man than the cle elem resident who hates buses and wants them to die. I am also more likely to ride the bus.

Just food for thought.

]]> Transit Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712144 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712144 News Thu, 10 May 2007 13:25:25 -0800 Comment by Rx-N-Effect Ban advertising to the public? That's the kind of paternalistic crap I guess we can expect from most legislators.

At least when I watch an ad, I can process it through my own bullshit filter. That's tougher to do with your doctor (or legislator for that matter), when you don't know where their payola is coming from.

]]> Rx-N-Effect http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712160 News Thu, 10 May 2007 13:42:26 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit @5,
Dig it. Well said.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712241 News Thu, 10 May 2007 13:59:17 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi What are those doctors thinking? Are a few payouts and some swag worth the inevitable malpractice suits?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/senators_on_drugs#c712329 News Thu, 10 May 2007 15:10:25 -0800 Comment by M. FYI: It's Kohl, not Khol.

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