Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-22-Speech-2-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Medicinal products2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021022.1.2-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-22-Speech-2-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Chris Davies2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I have admiration for the accomplishment of scientific research in developing medicines which have proved of great benefit. Yet I also have a healthy scepticism towards both the pharmaceutical industry and our exaggerated confidence in some of its products, many of which cause a great deal more harm than the illegal recreational drugs which attract the bulk of public attention. For that reason, it would be wrong to place more unnecessary burdens and regulations upon food supplements and the health-food shops that sell them. Many believe these products to be beneficial, and at least they do not cause harm. I regard homeopathic medicines in the same way. Today we have more patients who are better informed than ever before – that is a good thing. I want people to have access to objective information about medicines and treatment. However, that is quite different from opening the door to the direct advertising of medicines. The result, I fear, will not be better public information, but greater public confusion, stimulated by the marketing techniques of a used-car salesman."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Davies (ELDR )."1

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