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> All it takes is one or a few people to start doing this for friends, and it begins to spread.

Has this in fact happened?

If the drugs are "actually" cheap and easy to make, I suggest importing them from India. If they aren't "actually" easy to make, you aren't going to successfully make them.

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Yes, it has. Abortion access is one example.

Regular people would buy their mifepristone from across the border, in Mexico or ask a friendly Mexican. That's the correct way of hacking the system, not that kind of circus show.

That said, one wishes that you hadn't dragged abortion in, they use it to derail the discussion around universal medical care. Hey, you can't afford the dentist, but at least we fight for abortion.

A bit of googling tells me that over 2/3rds of USA states allow mifepristone. And the Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to it earlier this year.

Perhaps, consider, that there may be more than one way to skin a cat.

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