“If they overdose and kill themselves, it just removes them from the gene pool." -Republican MO Rep [View all]

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JEFFERSON CITY -- A Missouri senator who is a family physician succeeded Thursday in scuttling legislation that would have authorized a government database to track people's prescription drug purchases...

The result is that Missouri will remain one of just two states lacking the authorization for a prescription drug database. It's possible that lawmakers in New Hampshire, the other state without such a law, could pass such a measure this year.

The government databases are intended to stop “doctor shopping,” in which people get prescriptions from multiple physicians to feed their addictions or sell the medicines on the black market.

As he embarked on his filibuster, Schaaf turned to state Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, for help in talking about the bill. Lager obliged for a while but asked Schaaf how the prescription database infringed on liberties any more than a proposal that would allow police to pull over motorists for not wearing seatbelts. Schaaf, a supporter of stricter seat belt laws, responded that people injured because they fail to wear seatbelts infringe on others' liberties. Sometimes, their medical bills are covered by the government's Medicaid health care program or the poor.

Schaaf appeared to dispute the notion that people who abuse prescription drugs similarly infringe on others' freedoms.

“If they overdose and kill themselves, it just removes them from the gene pool,” Schaaf said.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/04/3592795/state-senator-from-st-joe-blocks.html#storylink=cpy


And that was what Obama was talking about when he mentioned Social Darwinism the other day.



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