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10/21/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Skyrocketing antidepressant use now affecting marine life, turning waterways into a ‘drug soup’

It might seem like flushing something down the toilet means it magically disappears, but unfortunately everything that goes down there ends up somewhere. This means that the many people who flush unused medications rather than throwing them in the trash can because they think they’re being responsible are actually polluting the environment. This is especially […]

08/28/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Toxic drug interactions on the rise as pharmaceutical use among U.S. children skyrockets

There’s still a contingent of hardline prohibitionists in this country that worry about how ending state and federal bans on plants like cannabis (marijuana) will impact our nation’s youth. But a new study has revealed that the most prolific threat to children’s health may, in fact, be legally-sanctioned pharmaceutical drugs that are peddled as “medicine.” […]

07/25/2018 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Doctors are trained to mass diagnose nearly everyone with depression (and put them on psychiatric drugs)

Health professionals will be the first to say that depression is a serious mental illness that must not be taken lightly — and yet it would appear that they themselves are guilty of doing so, relying only on a simple questionnaire created by a pharmaceutical company to arrive at a diagnosis. The PHQ-9 questionnaire has been […]

07/15/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Finally getting it: British government launches urgent review as research shows 1 in 11 are prescribed addictive meds

Thanks to the Daily Mail‘s efforts, the U.K. government has launched an urgent review into the growing crisis of prescription drug addiction. According to data, at least one out of 11 patients are prescribed “potentially addictive drugs” like sedatives, tranquilizers, and painkillers. The rates have gone up by a whopping 50 percent since 2000. Patients […]

07/12/2018 / By Russel Davis

People in their silver years are golden geese to Big Pharma: More than half are on at least 5 prescriptions, some more than 20

A recent study published in the journal Age and Aging has revealed that seniors and pensioners across the U.K. are being overly medicated for various diseases, making them an instant target among big pharmaceutical companies. A team of researchers at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health pooled data from more than 15,000 older people in order to accomplish […]

06/18/2018 / By Tracey Watson

MEDICATION NATION: One-third of Americans take mind-altering chemical drugs that cause depression

There is a fundamental and unavoidable problem with pharmaceutical drugs: Not only do they not treat the underlying cause of most health issues, they inevitably cause multiple side effects, leading to other long-term problems. The United States has experienced an explosion in the number of people diagnosed with depression in the past few decades, and […]

06/11/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Ketamine seen as “fast-acting” for those who suffer from depression

Ketamine started out as an anesthetic for surgeries, only to quickly get abused as a hallucinogenic party drug. Now a U.S. study is claiming it can serve as a “fast-acting” treatment for people afflicted with clinical depression, an article from the BBC reported. The researchers administered ketamine to participants via nasal spray. It claimed that volunteers with symptoms […]

05/29/2018 / By Tracey Watson

CONFIRMED: Antidepressants and other drugs cause dementia

The largest and most detailed study of its kind has just confirmed that a group of chemical drugs known as anticholinergics, which include antidepressants, antispasmodics, Parkinson’s drugs and bladder control medications, among others, may be directly linked to the development of dementia. The study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of East Anglia […]

05/11/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Psych drug use skyrockets in U.S. prisons

Psychiatric drug use is rising throughout the country, and one segment of the population where the increase has been particularly sharp is among inmates. In fact, the number of California prisoners who take psychotropic drugs has risen by 25 percent in just five years. Now, one fifth of the state’s county jail population is taking […]

05/01/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Here’s what happens to people who try to get off psychiatric drugs

Many people have spoken out about the potential threats posed by psychiatric drugs. Often heralded as life-saving treatments, few skeptics are given the time of day by the mainstream legacy media. Why put in the effort required by some “alternative” treatments (like dietary and lifestyle modifications) when you can just pop a pill to make […]

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