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"The one with legal drugs. Since that day in the emergency room, I have been on a quest. An investigative journalist and exasperated husband, I am trying to find out if my wife was the victim of a pharmacological foul-up or just a statistically acceptable casualty of "friendly fire" in the war on disease. I am also trying to find meaning in our experience, a married couple searching for each other through a medical emergency that never seems to end, the siren never completely quieted." - Stephen Fried, Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs (Get the book.)

"Not only illegal drugs, but also legal drugs such as Prozac?and other SSRI antidepressants, eventually contribute to very similar problems, as they are all basically stimulants. Although some are considered as legal, they can at times be every bit as dangerous, (each in its own way). The normal serotonin reuptake's primary function in the brain is intended to prevent any over-stimulation. Another is preserving any excess serotonin for use elsewhere. Serotonin has many functions, in both the body and the brain, (and there is not an unending supply)." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"People carry within their bodies a chemical cocktail of industrial chemicals, pesticides, food additives, heavy metals, and the residues of conventional pharmaceutical drugs, as well as legal drugs like alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine and illegal drugs such as marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, and heroin. Today people are exposed to chemicals in far greater concentrations than previous generations were. For example, over 158 million Americans live in areas that exceed smog standards.1 It's estimated that 20% of the U.S." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Keep in mind that "legal drugs" can be every bit as dangerous as most illegal drugs, which were once considered legal. Often the patients themselves, or family members, have very little say regarding what medications they are placed on, and often left on for years. Their doctor normally makes that determination. As with children, they often sedate them, making them easier to manage. The medications they are placed on are often more for the convenience of the caregiver, than the welfare of the patient." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"It appears that legal drugs are even more profitable than illegal drugs, and with total immunity of prosecution. We can easily see the extreme profit potential from just one class of drugs (and there are many), especially if they somehow reach their goal of 36 million (or even a few million more) as noted, since following the new guidelines. If you then consider the recommended "drastic measures" of using "higher dosages or combining statins," and then selling them at an exorbitant profit (the sky is the limit), then guess who will be paying the tab? You likely guessed it!" - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"But the fact is that the rise of senseless violence among white children and young adults is directly connected to drugs, only they are legal drugs." Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Patient Story: ADHD_ Timothy is five years old. Since his birth, I've been trying to find out what was wrong with him. It s really been a personal battle. Many people looked at me cross-eyed and said that he is a normal little boy, he is just growing, or he is immature, or it is my fault because I don't discipline him properly." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"It was time to find out, once and for all, how the world of legal drugs got so messed up in the first place. PART II CHAPTER 7 Nit-picking n the summer of 1962, Dr. Frances Kelsey became the Eliot Ness of the FDA. That's when her role in preventing the sedative thalidomide from being sold in America—sparing the United States the epidemic of birth defects it caused in other countries—suddenly hit the front page of The Washington Post. John F." - Stephen Fried, Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs (Get the book.)

"They were buying 100% legal drugs in Canada and being treated like common criminals by U.S. health authorities for daring to go outside the monopoly drug racket operated in the United States and protected by the FDA. This event only became public after Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., complained to the FDA. He asked, "Is it the beginning of a new practice of harassment and intimidation against elderly citizens who are traveling to Canada to make their prescription drug purchases?" U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Officers, www.CBD." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Some legal drugs produce long-term degradation of the human body. Some drugs that promise to ameliorate pain and suffering are worthless. When the pharmaceutical corporations that manufacture any of these kinds of drugs KNOW the deficiencies of their products, shouldn't they be held accountable for the U.S. version of home-grown terrorism? When corporate business plans' lowest common denominator is greed, the criterion shaping the pharmaceutical industry's conduct becomes "don't kill the client, just keep him/her chronically ill." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "And finally, if you are caught purchasing and using legal drugs that lack FDA approval, you will be thrown in jail. With the addition of some jackboots and helmets, the FDA should be able to serve quite nicely as the enforcement arm of the pharmaceutical empire. Individual rights, consumer rights, human rights have all been abrogated in favor of corporate profitability and deniability. The FDA is empowering its criminal bosses— pharmaceutical corporations. If the bosses steal...or rape...or kill, the enabler cannot remain blameless." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "It eliminates patient dependence on a continuous supply of legal drugs. Those who think greedy pharmaceutical corporations can afford to be a part of the cure need to re-examine the principles of a market-based economy. When corporations take advantage of sick and/or dying patients for profit, is it even possible to believe that an altruistic search for a cure could override the need for profit and the power it buys! How Would You Like to be a Diabetic? Dear juror, this chapter has not presented another suspect for your consideration. Rather, it has offered tools to assist you ..." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "Recommended Reading • Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of legal drugs (1999) by Stephen M. Fried • Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle Over Fen-Phen (2001) by Alicia Mundy • Prescription for Profits: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Bankrolled the Unholy Marriage Between Science and Business (1997) by Linda Marsa • Prescription for Disaster: The Hidden Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet (1998) by Thomas J. Moore • The Coming Plague (1995) by Laurie Garrett • Confessions of a Medical Heretic (1990) by Robert S." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.)

"Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of legal drugs, by Stephen Fried According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), adverse drug reactions are the fourth-leading cause of death in America. Reactions to prescription and over-the-counter medications kill far more people annually than all illegal drug use combined. A work of investigative and personal journalism ... the book is meant to help reform the system and inform your choices when using medications ... Available through your local bookseller or the publisher, Bantam Books, at www.bantam." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"It is the liver's job to filter out and break down any "poison" such as alcohol and illegal or legal drugs. Hence, regular intake of any of these has the potential to harm the liver and to a lesser extent, the kidneys, the body's other filter.) But the warnings about Serzone were particularly clear. The same year Serzone was approved the first of several studies appeared in the medical literature which would voice concern about Serzone's effect on the liver." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"America, and possibly as high as the third—behind only heart disease and cancer. Of course, many people take many medications without experiencing such problems, which are referred to as "adverse drug reactions" in the United States, "medication misadventures" in the U.K. and "drug-induced sufferings" in Japan. But according to studies in the journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), as many as 11 percent of all hospital admissions are the result of adverse drug reactions, or ADRs, as they are often called." - Stephen Fried, Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs (Get the book.)

"The morphine-type compounds these legal drugs contain can also lead to serious, life-altering addictions. When the famous radio host, Rush Limbaugh, announced on his radio program that he was addicted to pain medication, his life was in shambles. But he is not alone in this. There are millions of people who initially started off by taking an "innocent" Advil for the occasional headache, but ended up being unable to live without strong painkillers. Once you start using dehydrating medications like these, you will mostly likely develop the same kind or even worse pain over and over again." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"We are the largest consumers of "legal drugs" of any other nation, as well. Aren't we privileged to have access to so many different drugs? Not only that, but they're often even covered by our insurance. Such a blessing! Natural Solutions For Treating "ADHD" One Surprisingly Effective Approach - Behavior Modification A possible "New Approach" for challenging children: "The Nurtured Heart Approach," by Dr. Howard N. Glasser, Director of the Children's Success Foundation. The following information can be obtained on the foundation's website at http://www.difficultchild.com/nharesearch." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"In their relations to patients, physicians must follow strict rules and regulations, called "standards of practice," and are permitted to prescribe to their patients only substances that the state defines as legal drugs. Deviations from these rules are criminal offenses punished with harsh penalties. I suggested calling this arrangement "mono-medicine."4 Like monogamy and monotheism, monomedicine is imposed by the state and taken for granted as "naturally right" by the people. In 1984, slavery was called "freedom." - Thomas Szasz, The Medicalization of Everyday Life: Selected Essays (Get the book.)

"Something to consider: The very same companies produced LSD, heroin, and cocaine, (once considered as legal, and aggressively promoted), that are now producing very similar "legal drugs", such as Ritalin? Prozac? and Paxil? Not only that, but they were all approved by the FDA as "perfectly safe" for our use! They are all basically stimulants that target the very same hormones. The following information, found in the Life Extension's Disease Prevention and Treatment, expanded fourth edition, (1991/2004, pp." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"My goal is to highlight the dangers of legal drugs and bring awareness about disease prevention so that you can avoid taking drugs unless absolutely necessary. If we focus on prevention we can avert many illnesses altogether. But our lifestyle choices of consumption and addiction lead us directly to ill health. We live in a society of convenience and instant gratification. Our inability to live a healthy and balanced lifestyle causes us to gain weight and feel lousy. We then look for quick-fix solutions. The failure of most of these solutions leaves us vulnerable to increased health problems." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Let me show you just how addictive these beverages (or legal drugs I say) really can be in your body. A Drug Addiction Story Instead of going to a drug dealer, a young child gets his drug from his parents, friends, and his school multiple times every day. He is innocent and does not even realize he has a tragic addiction to a powerful drug. This drug is not only legal; it is freely available to him almost anytime he craves it." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Because Oprah is shown in England, too, there were outraged British patients who sent copies of the letters they had been writing to their own government and regulatory officials. And I was still hearing from that doctor who diagnosed Diane with TMJ based on her eye position during her earlier TV appearance. He wanted to know when we would be returning his promotional videotape. I wasn't looking for any of this to suck me back into writing about the drug industry again." - Stephen Fried, Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs (Get the book.)

"As you will discover as you read the chapter on legal drugs vs. illegal drugs, history has continued to repeat itself over and over again. The latest statement to demonstrate these continuing promises with the strong possibility of the proverbial "whoops, goofed again" clause comes from the February 7, 1994 issue of NEWSWEEK, "...drug makers are now developing compounds that promise faster action against depression and higher success rates.. .because their long-term effects are largely unknown some experts worry that millions of people are basically serving as test subjects." - Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D., Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? The Rest of the Story on the New Class of SSRI Antidepressants Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lovan, Luvox & More (Get the book.)

"And that's what's happening: the victims are people treated with properly prescribed legal drugs for properly diagnosed illnesses. They die from prescription drugs—not from their diseases. Some deaths are caused by the 187,000 known drug interactions nobody thought to check for, but most are from the drugs themselves. Add to these reported adverse reactions another 10 to 50% for the unreported cases. (April 1998, Journal of the American Medical Association.) Mdlions don't die, of course, and for them these drugs work—for a while." - Helke Ferrie, Dispatches From the War Zone of Environmental Health (Get the book.)

"I was just going to use that exact sentence to describe my concerns about the overuse of legal drugs. Are they dangerous? Ask the people who died last year. Using prescription drugs to silence a body's symptoms enables us to ignore personal involvement we may have with the onset of those symptoms. The overuse of prescription drugs provides a vacation from personal responsibility. Our drug mania reminds me of a job at an auto dealership I held while in graduate school. At 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, an irate woman came into the shop." - Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles (Get the book.)

"People now carry within their bodies a modern-day chemical cocktail derived from industrial chemicals, pesticides, food additives, heavy metals (like lead), and anesthetics, plus the residues of pharmaceuticals, legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, caffeine), and illegal drugs (heroin, cocaine, marijuana)." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of legal drugs by Stephen Fried 16. Not Convinced That The Pharmaceutical Industry Is Purposely Selling Ineffective Dangerous Drugs, And Working Tirelessly To Suppress Natural, Effective Cures For Disease? Then Read: • Racketeering in Medicine—The Suppression of Alternatives by James P. Cater, M.D., Ph.D. • The Drug Lords: America's Pharmaceutical Cartel by Tonda R. Bian • The Big Fix by Katharine Greider (How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers) • The Assault on Medical Freedom by P." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"Ill Relaxation and Meditation Studies have found that meditation reduces the use of illegal drugs and the misuse of legal drugs such as tranquilizers and painkillers, says Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, philosophy and anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine. "People find the meditative experience satisfying in and of itself, and this can reduce the spiritual or inner lack that was driving them toward drug use." To give meditation a try, see page 117. Do it for 20 minutes once or twice a day, Dr. Walsh suggests." - Bill Gottlieb, New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine (Get the book.)

"Technology is constantly improving and as medicine has advanced, we have become a nation of addicts. For every symptom (real or imagined) that we have there is a drug to treat it. But do drugs really fix the problem or is the proliferation of prescription drugs a part of a larger dilemma? Is it possible that people are now looking to their physician's prescription pad as the answer to their health problems, as opposed to seeking and living healthy lifestyles?" - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"GNP) went to buy legal drugs; in 1986,31 billion dollars (11 % ofthe GNP) were spent on prescription drugs; in 1992 about 100 billion dollars were extracted from the population for patented controlled drugs: yet Americans have never been sicker, or threatened with such high so-called "health care" costs, only to rank 19th worldwide in actual statistical health." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

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