What does “FDA approved” really mean? In this eye-opening and darkly hilarious episode of Waywut, Darrell and Jason take a deep dive into the shocking—and often deadly—failures of the Food and Drug Administration.

From overlooked safety trials to outright corporate capture, this episode unpacks how the FDA transformed from a watchdog agency into a rubber stamp for Big Pharma.

💊 Topics include:

• The FDA’s early mission and how it was quietly sold out
• How user fees allowed pharmaceutical companies to help fund their own drug approvals
• The horrifyingly short clinical trial that helped greenlight OxyContin
• Vioxx, a painkiller that killed over 60,000 people before being pulled
• FDA whistleblowers, suppressed safety data, and revolving-door careers
• Why 9 out of the last 10 FDA commissioners ended up working for the industries they once regulated

This episode exposes how public trust is manipulated, how deadly drugs slip through the cracks, and how government oversight becomes corporate PR.

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