"A significant minority of drugs that have been approved by FDA have been approved over the FDA's own medical reviewers' objections on safety grounds."
"We have pretty good reason to believe MDMA can be used in a relatively safe way, but you should be cognizant of the potential issues."
"Marijuana cannabis is much much less dangerous than alcohol in fact it's not dangerous at all there isn't even a lethal dose of cannabis."
"We have a sacred trust with the American people about safety and efficacy."
"The beauty is that... these drugs have been out there... so we know it's something that can be taken safely."
"The evidence shows us that actually this is one of the safest psychoactive substances that are out there."
"It's just the latest major safety concern about these fake prescription pills that are everywhere these days."
"The American Cancer Society has stated that drugs are considered unsafe until proven safe," as it should be.
"Public health advocate and whistleblower Dinesh Sakura... have called on Congress and the FDA to hold hearings on generic drug safety."
"I'm just trying to help people who are already doing this be more safe. That's one, two."
"So-called hippy crack is less dangerous than alcohol." - Former drugs advisor to the Home Office
"Metformin is probably the safest and... one of the most long-term efficacious drugs in the treatment of type 2 diabetes."
"Don't treat psychedelics like toys, take them seriously."
"Know your substance, know your source, know your dosage."
"Don't take substances from people you don't know in random pill form."
"People are gonna do that. This is so different because there is intelligence about this drug and the intelligence tells us: don't take it for this."
"Wow, that's great, and the drug has been around for 65 years."
"The risks are quite low but that's not always how people use these drugs."
"I do not recommend that anybody tries any compound psychedelic or psychoactive or psychotropic otherwise without the proper research and care and without tackling it from a responsible and mature standpoint."
"You just really want to practice safe use and go easy on yourself because you can always take more but you can never take less."
"Enough fentanyl to kill the entire population of Southern California." - DEA
"The thalidomide incident would never happen here and what they actually did was created an even worse American falooda mite incident that most people are not aware of."
"The idea that we were... we have never in the history of medicine given a drug or a therapeutic to a group of people on whom it has not been tested never."
"Marijuana is probably the safest drug in the pharmacopoeia and it certainly has medical utility."
"It's got a very interesting history to it, it's a very, very safe drug."
"Tragic ins if used during the first two months can cause a lot of damage, as most organ systems are developing during this time."
"Best before does mean it's best before this date but uh try this new drug add Common Sense."
"New information about an arrest in the case of a group of West Point cadets who overdosed on fentanyl-laced drugs."
"I always research the living hell out of all the drugs I take and make sure I'm getting from a legit dealer."
"The dangers primarily are not chemical. The only predicament is when you get into chemicals that are opium derivatives and morphine crack, things like that."
"Given that this study was not powered to show superiority, basically it just showed safety of terzepatide from a cardiovascular perspective."
"The DEA analyzed these pills for fentanyl levels and found that 6 out of 10 pills contain what could be a lethal dose."
"We talk a lot about efficacy but we can actually accelerate our understanding of safety by a lot of this changing and sharing data even while the Drug's on the market."
"The safety profile of imel stat is well characterized and manageable."
"We have to show these medicines to be safe and efficacious, running large scale clinical trials and tracking safety data."
"We see no side effects from drugs that act on CB2 alone."
"The focus in the course that we are teaching is in the first instance, assays that are under a GOP GCP assessment of drug safety efficacy."
"The history of drug regulation is built on tombstones."
"This can happen to anyone; that's why it's so scary and so important to know the facts about what you're taking and when it's time to stop."
"This research proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that finasteride is one of the most dangerous drugs on the market."
"Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities for the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse drug reactions and other drug-related problems."
"Knowing about a reaction helps manage the risk and put risk minimization activities in place."
"What is more important is the unexpected and serious events."
"Yes, pills that we found had traces of other drugs in them in the quantified analysis."
"The therapeutic index is the ratio of the LD50 to the ED50."