Archive for the ‘Drugs’ Category
Marc Emery: The Principle Of Pot
On April 21st, 2010 Ontario lawyer Paul McKeever released the second part of his two-part documentary about the Canadian “Prince of Pot”, Marc Emery. Titled “The Principe of Pot” the release of Part 2 is timed to precede and to inform a decision by Canada’s federal Justice Minister, Rob Nicholson, about whether or not to [...]
Sweet Misery, A Poisoned World: The History of Aspartame
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener, an additive. And it’s a chemical. It’s not a natural product, it’s a chemical. The molecule is made up of three components. Two are amino acids, the so-called building blocks of protein. One is called Phenylalanine, which is about 50% of the molecule and the other is Aspartic Acid, which [...]
Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs
Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry’s marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which Direct-To-Consumer pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and [...]
The Drugging of our Children (ADD Stimulants and SSRIs)
In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or environment. Hence, diagnosing a child or adolescent with ADD [...]
Prescription For Disaster: Why Americans Are So Unhealthy
It is estimated that in America last year, nearly $2 trillion was spent on health care — and virtually all that money was spent on treating disease. Each year more money is spent on treatment, mere patchwork, even though it has become crystal-clear that treatments do NOT enable you to live a longer, better life. [...]








