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Kiddie Viagra may get Pfizer a patent extensionBy PAUL THARP Last Updated: 9:14 AM, July 28, 2010 Pfizer plans to sell a children's form of Viagra to treat a rare lung disorder as a humanitarian gesture -- in exchange for getting a six-month extension of its patent on the adult version. The Food and Drug Administration approached Pfizer about using its drug to treat a lung ailment that affects about 600 kids a year. Viagra, which modifies blood flows, could reduce unusually high blood pressure in a child's lungs, or pulmonary arterial hypertension. Symptoms include dizziness, chest pain and fatigue....

Jonah Goldberg (archive)(printer-friendly version)May 3, 2002Free speech: rotting from the inside out On Wednesday, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced he was proposing legislation to make it difficult for child pornographers to manufacture "virtual porn." This came as a response to last month's Supreme Court decision that overturned portions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act. The court held that the government couldn't ban "virtual child porn" - i.e. animated or computer-generated depictions of very young children in sexually explicit situations or scenes of older kids made-up to look like young children. "The Supreme Court's legalization of computer-generated child pornography has created...