When children, out of natural curiosity, touch a hot stove burner, they learn very quickly never to do that again. As I see several states contemplating prescription drug importation plans and having conversations with the Food and Drug Administration about how they can arrange wholesale drug imports from Canada, I find myself wishing that these state officials had a child’s capacity for self-protection and a determination to prevent themselves — and, more important, their citizens — from getting repeatedly burned.
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