Day of Reason? – Big Pharma and Doctors
Day of Reason? – Big Pharma and Doctors
Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island has declared May 1 as a “Day of Reason” in his state.
The secular celebration is being held on the same day as the National Day of Prayer.
Atheists and secularists oppose a national day of prayer, saying it’s part of a “persistent threat” to the separation of church and state. They think a “Day of Reason” will help them fight back.
The Humanists of Rhode Island and the Secular Coalition for Rhode Island requested the event.
Chafee’s proclamation says reason has “proven to offer hope for human survival upon Earth by cultivating intelligent, moral, and ethical interaction among people.”
Meanwhile, millions of Christians are expected to participate in the National Day of Prayer.
Big Pharma and Doctors
A long standing trade secret of the pharmaceutical industry has recently been disclosed. Standard operating procedure for how pharmaceuticals get trialed, tested, promoted, and disseminated was kept quiet by the industry for many years until legal settlements forced disclosure of the information, in some cases, last year. Now, information regarding promotional spending payments made to doctors and other professionals of the medical establishment for promoting their drugs has become somewhat available, if you know what to ask and where to look.
Last year, $761.3 million in disclosed payments from 12 companies was paid to doctors in the United States, according to ProPublica.org, $59.5 million of it to doctors in Texas. That tops the list, along with Florida, California, and New York. Look up your state: (http://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/). That’s just disclosed payments. Think of all the undisclosed payments as well as other side benefits and perks, such as luxury vacations or comped equipment. According to the disclosure documents, the payments were for consulting, speaking, research, and expenses. But think of the possibilities – fast track drug approvals, circumvent FDA rules, the possibilities are endless. No wonder it’s a secret. It also offers insights into your state’s politics as well as things like insurance laws.
http://www.naturalnews.com/042359_bribery_doctors_texas.html#ixzz30CgFu7bQ
#1. According to the CDC, the percentage of Americans that say that they have taken a prescription drug within the last month has risen to almost 50 percent.
#2. The percentage of Americans that say that they have taken two or more prescription drugs within the last month has risen to 31 percent, and the percentage of Americans that say that they have taken five or more prescription drugs within the last month has risen to 11 percent.
#3. If you can believe it, the CDC also says that approximately 9 out of every 10 Americans that are at least 60 years of age say that they have taken at least one prescription drug within the last month.
#4. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 25 percent of all kids and teens in the United States take prescription drugs on a regular basis.
#5. One brand new study has found that more than 20 percent of all American adults are taking at least one drug for “psychiatric” or “behavioral” disorders.
#6. A recent Government Accountability Office report shockingly discovered that approximately one-third of all foster children in the United States are on at least one psychiatric drug.
In fact, the report found that many states seem to be doping up foster children as a matter of course. Just check out these stunning statistics….
In Texas, foster children were 53 times more likely to be prescribed five or more psychiatric medications at the same time than non-foster children. In Massachusetts, they were 19 times more likely. In Michigan, the number was 15 times. It was 13 times in Oregon. And in Florida, foster children were nearly four times as likely to be given five or more psychotropic medications at the same time compared to non-foster children.
more at
http://www.endalldisease.com/18-crazy-facts-which-show-that-no-nation-on-earth-is-more-doped-up-on-prescription-drugs-than-america/