Western medicine: a confidence trick driven by the drug industry?
There have been times I have seen the general public realize just how much of a travesty has been played on them by the pharmaceuticals–but at that point I usually wake up in a cold sweat with one of my dogs licking my nose… But seriously, I am strongly against any kind of governmental controls on the costs or practices of the pharmaceutical countries. I would rather see the general public coming to terms with the lack of efficacy or increased efficacy of new drugs over old ones and of the side effects of many medications and the damage to our physiology. Alas, I truly, truly believe that this will never happen and the control that the pharmaceuticals have over many’s daily lives will increase. I do know that there will always be a small percentage of the population that will educate themselves and resist drugs in all cases except the most necessary.
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