When I type up a new blog, on the same page where I type there is a section entitled, “Tags.” Key words. If someone is looking for an article or blog on a subject like “drugs,” they type in (somewhere) the word “drugs,” and somewhere, my blog will pop up. Maybe in a list of potential blogs that talk about drugs. I’ve not been on the reading/searching end of things, so I can’t tell you exactly what that process is.

But obviously, people are looking up information on “drugs.” Apparently, a couple wonderful people I don’t know read my blog on drugs — the silly diatribe about buying meds that contain pseudoephedrine — and they liked it, or at least thought it was interesting.

That makes me feel good, even if the information they wanted wasn’t quite what they expected. I shall do the same with this blog, and someone will surf their way here and read about how “tags” work. Most will probably already know.

So hi, all you people interested in drugs! How are you today?

I’m grateful for certain drugs. I’m not quite so grateful that some of them are hugely expensive. When you don’t have medical insurance, the prices of some of these are so incredibly expensive that you’d swear they must contain pure gold and other highly expensive materials.

I wonder how much it really costs to research, develop, manufacture, market and distribute a drug? I really would love to know where every dollar goes. I suppose there will be a few who don’t want me to know.

Maybe it’s better that I don’t.

One thing is certain: they have their place. Their value depends on how necessary they are for one’s well-being. Fortunately, there are resources that make one’s ability to obtain pharmaceuticals at a lower price, for those who are unable to afford them. Even though I can moan and groan about the pharmaceutical state of affairs in the USA, I can also be grateful for the help that’s available to us if we know how to look for it.

And we don’t even have to move to Canada.