Im almost certain this is illegal here, and it really obviously should be everywhere. Like 'you cant buy or sell blood' feels like a law that would get booked the first time someone tried to buy or sell someone's blood.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

About 2% of US Exports is blood or blood related products.

I think we can do better than that though. gui-better

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

oh no you see they don't buy your blood, they give you your platelets back so totally A-OK

[–] MizuTama@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

People fight against it in the US, as the alternative they're often given is selling drugs, sex, etc. I haven't seen it irl, but have seen videos of people upset that they were limited in how much blood they could sell since it left them with less palatable alternatives.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Im almost certain this is illegal here, and it really obviously should be everywhere.

Even if you're in a country where paid blood donations are banned, selling drug products manufactured using blood or blood components is likely very legal, and happens all the time.

The UK, for example, exports £200M of blood products annually. Canada exports $80M a year.