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Once we Repeal Prohibition! Did not work in 1920 not working now!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153362979095837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205189747037971"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205189747037971/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 10 @ 8:13 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205189747037971">Brent Raschke</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153362979095837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Medical research is almost always performed and funded by private industry.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153362979095837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=857941614251379"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223im_/http://graph.facebook.com/857941614251379/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 10 @ 8:39 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=857941614251379">Eleanor Wilson Adamo</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153362979095837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">This practice creates an ethical train wreck that will dog the integrity of medical research for decades.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153362979095837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203502527469388"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10203502527469388/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 10 @ 11:43 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203502527469388">Joan Hardy</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150714040223/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153362979095837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">When you privatize research you lose all credibility. The Universities get money and the Bio Firms get bogus 'research' to prop up their products. 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