This Is Your Country on Drugs

Melody Petersen talks about how we're hooked on Big Pharma.

By George Kenney

Melody Petersen has been writing about the pharmaceutical industry for more than 10 years, including as a staff reporter for the New York Times. Her recent book, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    Pharmaceutical industry is a real mafia with white gloves. They do not care about health - they care about money.

    Poland Posted by Richard Weselny on Jan 6, 2010 at 8:12 AM

    The worst part is that governments around the world are silent accomplices of the pharmaceutical industry. TheFDA is a laugh, they have allowed vaccines containing thymerosal (which damages children’s brains) for years. In the past three years the overwhelming proofs of thymerosal’s damage made it that its use was discontinued, but I see it is used again on H1N1 flu vaccines, which was a big fat lie to produce and sell all those million of doses. What about Prozac, and other anti-depressive that not only are addictive, but have produced many suicides when discontinued.

    Costa Rica Posted by Maria on Jan 8, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    Unfortunately , no surprizes here , same ol’ , same ol’....

    Capitalism is out of the box , everything is for profit…

    Next thing you know , folks will have to pay for the fire dept. to come and put out the fire at your home…

    Imagine your home is on fire ; the home owner calls 911 , and the operator , after confirming that they have the correct address says ; ” OK sir , we have confirmed your address , will that be Visa or Mastercharge ? ? ? “.....

    United States Posted by blackhorse on Jan 22, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    Maybe it’s time for the American people to stop looking for the quick fix and become proactive about their health.  Eat real food instead of the chemical laced junk peddled as food.  Get adequate amounts of sunshine to allow the body to produce vitamin D instead of slathering themselves with sun block, further making themselves deficient in this crucial vitamin.  Refuse to take the drugs the doctors are sponsored to push. Ask for natural, alternative life-supporting therapies.  Educate themselves to the dangers of these drugs and to the dangers of the overuse of radiation in “screening” for cancer, when in fact radiation is a major cause of cancer.  Ever since women have been getting annual mammograms, the incidence of breast cancer has skyrocketed…. coincidence or causation?  You decide.  The steep increase in mandatory vaccinations for babies matched with the steep rise in autism over the past 20 years -  just another coincidence?  Pharmaceutical companies are only in business for money and maximizing profits.  They could care less about your health.  Fewer sick people means fewer profits….

    United States Posted by RedRidingHood on Apr 8, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    RedRidingHood , yes , yes, yes ,yes , you hit the proverbial nail right on top of the head…..

    United States Posted by blackhorse on Apr 9, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    Everyday Blackhorse drinks raw veggie juice , or raw citrus juice….I also get plenty of flax in my diet , and ofcourse exercise…...

    United States Posted by blackhorse on Aug 4, 2010 at 5:02 AM
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