<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:01 PM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Further, the drug companies are not doing studies with stuff like herbs because even if they do work they can't patent them.</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Simple fix: a copyright/patent-like mechanism giving exclusive production/marketing rights to those who demonstrate effectiveness and safety.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Of course, I have zero confidence that such a program would be well-implemented by any government.<br><br></div>-Dave<br></div>