Topic mass medication
The Trap
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If one steps back and looks at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom. The West apparently fought the Cold War for "individual freedom", yet it is still something our leaders continually promise to give us. Abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attempt to force "freedom" on to other people has led to bloody mayhem. This, in turn, has helped inspire terrorist attacks in Britain. In response, the government has dismantled long-standing laws that were designed to protect individual freedom...
Selling Sickness
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There is an unhealthy relationship between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry. Drug manufacturers today fund aggressive marketing campaigns designed to create public awareness of "previously unknown diseases", or those known by "less dramatic names". Shyness thus becomes branded as "Social Anxiety Disorder", worry becomes "Generalised Anxiety", and premenstrual tension as "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder". Anti-depressant medications used to treat these "diseases", such as Paxil, Zoloft and Prozac have become household names, not to mention a 20 billion dollar a year racket...