My mom's boyfriend is a psychologist, so they often have the opportunity to travel to medical conventions throughout the world, as well as go to free events here in San Diego.

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For example, last week one of the drug companies was hosting a free event at the San Diego Zoo. So here on my desk is an article titled, "How MDs Learn About Drugs."

The article starts out, "Most doctors get information about new drugs from representatives of pharmaceutical companies." Duh, duh, duh, duh, and duh!

Seems that some patient care advocates worry that the information is one-sided. Hmmmm. Perhaps only in the sense that the bigger companies tend to give away more free samples.

Seems that they also worry that small gifts, free lunches, free events, free trips to the Zoo, etc., might influence doctors. Duh, duh, duh, duh, and duh!

Seems that two senators have introduced legislation to use taxpayer's money to train "independent health professionals" to develop standardized information packets on specific drugs. No, no, no, no, and no.

The FDA has to approve drugs before releasing them to the marketplace. The process is quite stringent. As long as the drug does what the company and the FDA have determined that it does, I'm not in favor of spending money one such one more level of bureaucracy. When does it end? Let's end it now. I'll repeat my cry from a previous blog entry of mine:

STOP THE INSANITY!

Some of Jim's blog posts

1. You mean I've been subsidizing the sports stars?
2. We could learn from history if we'll just take time to study it
3. Excessive furnishings and storage create fire hazards
4. Is Active Rain trying to tell me something, or am I just weird?
5. Make every Friday "Backup Friday"
6. STOP THE INSANITY!
7. If you can't get to it, you can't tell how old it is
8. Your digital camera can do so much more than just take pictures
9. It's hard to believe Zoey's already been here a year
10. It's hard to believe Sophie's been gone a year
11. Is THAT the house?
12. Don't trust, do verify
13. The benefits of staging, even minimalist staging
14. Please help me identify this type of architecture. Craftsman? Victorian? Modern?
15. Southern California fire season is just around the corner
16. Welcome to my home
17. If you could easily get rid of your child, would you?
18. Wow! Nice underwear
19. There obviously is no financial crisis if Zoey has been pre-approved for a $5,000 credit card
20. Getting to cold contacts. It's all in the approach
21. Is there trash in your trash can?
22. Private, gated, fenced, coded subdivisions
23. What's in a name?
24. Location, location, location? Ha! Views, views, views
25. Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam
26. Did you put that on the disclosure form? "I didn't think I needed to."
27. If you needed to hide from someone, could you do it in today's world?
28. A home is like a child
29. Should I stay or should I go now. Remodel or move?
30. Water, water everywhere, or is it?
31. Always on the lookout....
32. Are you prepared for an emergency?
33. Four secrets to getting and keeping online customers
34. Holding an open house with fleas
35. Tuesday laugh session with the "treadmill kitty cats"