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The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work (jacobin.com)
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Over the last several decades, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed pharma companies to sell hundreds of drugs to patients without adequate evidence that they work and, in many cases, with clear signs that they pose a risk of serious harm.

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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Now you hit me curious too. This was my source on Texas https://www.texasalmanac.com/place-types/town

Also the total number of total towns is over 4,000 with only 3k unincorporated, I did get the numbers wrong even in Texas.

I had looked at Wikipedia but could not find totals, only lists