After reading this article I was struck by how prevalent of a force the pharmaceutical companies are in the prescribing of their own drugs. Not only do most companies have incredibly expensive advertising campaigns for their products but they also are actively involved in pushing their drugs in doctor's practices. Most drug companies have a huge number of representatives going into doctor's offices and offer promotional deals with the doctors to be biased in their prescription writing. This is incredibly dangerous. There are many instances where the drugs that physicians are prescribing are based on the incentives that the companies offer instead of the true needs of their patients. Another issue that is influencing this process is the fact that many people know this is going on but seem not to be bothered by the fact that this is going on because they are so influenced by the commercials and ad campaigns. To go along with this there is a large amount of trust that patients have with their doctors so they will blindly accept that what their doctors are prescribing is going to be the right thing, but if the doctors are being hustled by these major companies there is no way to know that a patient is receiving the right treatment.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Drugs in the Drinking Water
In November of 1998 there was a study done of german ground water to discover contaminants. it was discovered that there were, among other substances, pharmaceuticals that were prescribed as antiseizure medications, analgesics, and cholesterol regulators. after this study occurred there has been an ongoing investigation all over the world to discover contaminated water sources and in many major cities this has been a major issue. It is incredibly unsafe to have these unprescribed medications in the water that the every one is exposed to in some way or another. Not only is there a possibility for highly dangerous reactions with medications that someone may be on but it is a violation of the rights of self governance that people enjoy. It is one's right to decide whether or not one should be taking any kind of pharmaceutical but to be forced into taking it whether accidental or not is a violation of human rights. If it is so easy to have drugs, like those discussed in the article, in drinking water what is stopping the companies or governments from putting antidepressants or pain killers in the water supply. This idea that the adulteration of water supplies with the drugs is dangerous and needs to come to a end in order to preserve the integrity of humanity.
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pharmaceutical and freedom
This article by Liz Else goes into todays mind control devices and drugs and how it effects our freedom. She feel that these technologies, tough they can be helpful, need strict guidelines to ensure peoples rights are followed. She informed that there are new drugs that are out there that help with remembering and forgetting instances. She guided that these drugs are very likely to be abused for self incrimination. That happened in the supreme court case Sells v. Missouri where Sell was being forced to self incriminate by use of psychotic medication. Sells won the case but these cases are bound to plentiful in the next coming years. She then talks about technology in Japan that makes sound waves only go on certain frequencies that one can only hear if standing in front of it. She warns us that this can be used as mind control because you get a crisp sound in your head like little voices. This can make someone feel crazy without them even knowing about it because people can mess with these devices. Overall she is cautious about the coming future and hope that our laws can keep up with the technology.
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A Film about Testing Mind Altering Drugs on Soldiers
This is a film from the British Government about the testing of LSD as a potential chemical weapon. This fits quite well into the idea that many pharmaceuticals, as LSD was created initially as a pharmaceutical, can be used as a controlling power against humans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-rWnQphPdQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-rWnQphPdQ&feature=related
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Project MK-ULTRA
This is information on the United States governments role in testing pharmaceuticals in the 1950's. In the 1950's the United States were looking for new weapons and advances during our Cold War. During this time there were no laws about a patients right to know what procedure is happening to them. They administered the drug on countless occasions on unsuspecting people to see how the drug could possibly control their mind. After the countless trials, and a couple of deaths, they decided that the drug was way too unpredictable, so they scratched the idea. I feel that this leads to the un-trust in our government today. If the government is willing to test unregulated drugs and administer them to unsuspecting people, then why should we trust it.
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