The Greening Of An Emerald Isle Pharmacologist Par Excellence

Austin Darragh says he's a 'scientific auditor.' Indeed he's made a mint testing many of the drugs in your medicine cabinet. DUBLIN--Austin Darragh is a frequent flier, but only between April and September. Better weather conditions then mean fewer flight delays - and hunting isn't in season. So, during spring and summer he's often on night flights visiting his clients along the U.S. eastern seaboard. "It gives me a kick to see all the twinkling little lights on the streets below," says Dar

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DUBLIN--Austin Darragh is a frequent flier, but only between April and September. Better weather conditions then mean fewer flight delays - and hunting isn't in season. So, during spring and summer he's often on night flights visiting his clients along the U.S. eastern seaboard.

"It gives me a kick to see all the twinkling little lights on the streets below," says Darragh. "I think of all the houses with their bathrooms and their little medicine cabinets. And I think: Down there are two things that make me happy tonight. I think of all the drugs down there - helping pain, curing ailments, or making people feel secure - that we had some part in putting there," Darragh pauses in order to emphasize his next thought.

"More important," he says quietly, "I am even more relieved by the thousands of drugs we've killed and stopped from getting into the medicine cabinet."

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