The Dangers of a Drugged Up America
Posted By Dr. Mercola | May 11 2012
In the world of medicated America, if you believe their advertisements, Big Pharma has a fix for just about any physiological condition you can think of. Most of these fixes come in the form of expensive prescriptions ordered by your doctor—that's why the ads usually suggest that you ask your doctor if the product they're promoting "would be right for you."
It's a subliminal message that makes you your own drug peddler, and it's been successful enough to make the drug industry hundreds of billions of dollars every year. According to AlterNet, direct-to-consumer advertising—which about 30 years ago wasn't allowed in the U.S.—carries a major responsibility for having created a drugged-up America. The situation has gotten so out of hand that a renowned former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine is accusing drug makers of creating an epidemic that's endangering public health, jacking up healthcare costs, and weakening the curative connection between health professionals and patients.
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