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FDA seizes $71k in herbal tea products as campaign of censorship against nutritional supplements continues Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Censoring truthful health claims of nutritional supplements While the FDA claims it raided the Charantea company in order to protect consumers from mislabeled products, the truth is that the agency -- which operates a criminal prescription drug racket that should be prosecuted under organized crime laws -- is far more interested in protecting the market for pharmaceuticals. Herbal tea products that effectively lower blood sugar are seen as competition for high-profit diabetes drugs.

FTC sues Kevin Trudeau over weight loss claims while ignoring Big Pharma monopoly pricing Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Americans currently pay monopoly prices for pharmaceuticals, and the FDA even goes out of its way to protect this drug racket, working to block competing imports from Canada and other countries, even going so far as to imply that people who bring drugs into the U.S. from other countries are criminals. If the FTC believes in fair trade and protecting consumers from monopolistic, predatory pricing practices by greedy U.S. corporations, why isn't the FTC taking a good, hard look at the downright fraudulent pricing practices and monopolistic marketing tactics of drug companies?

Americans betrayed by Democratic senators with surprise amendment that protects Big Pharma monopoly Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Consumers expecting a miracle in the Senate that would end Big Pharma's monopoly and the FDA-enforced drug racket now operating in the United States will be sorely disappointed by yesterday's events. Fifteen Democratic senators (led by Sen. Edward Kennedy) abandoned consumer interests and joined a Republican-organized amendment that would protect Big Pharma's stranglehold over U.S. consumers by blocking the importation of prescription drugs from other countries. The amendment in question is Senate Amendment 1010: "To protect the health and safety of the public," sponsored by Sen.

28 Senators vote to maintain Big Pharma monopoly over U.S. consumers; Republicans oppose free trade for medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The idea that prescription drugs are safe is ludicrous, and trying to "ensure drug safety" by forcing Americans to pay the highest prices in the world for dangerous synthetic chemicals is a logical fallacy and nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to protect the profiteering drug racket while claiming to be protecting the public. President Bush has promised to veto the bill if the Dorgan amendment stands. Free trade for medicine simply will not be tolerated in the United States. There's too much money at stake.

Big Pharma scare tactics: How the pharmaceutical industry influences American consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's all about money, and there's a lot of money changing hands in the drug racket now operating in this country. It's a swell deal if you're the guy at the top, pocketing the take, and if you don't have any ethics. Unfortunately, that's who we have running a lot of the corporations and government departments in this country today. It's sad, but true. Public education can change the greedy U.S. drug racket All of this doesn't mean I'm a pessimist. I'm actually a cautious optimist. I think we can change things for the better through public education.

Disease-promoting ingredients in everyday foods and groceries are far more dangerous than terrorists Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's much the same as the drug racket currently operated by the FDA in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies -- and in fact the goals of the two rackets are much the same: boost corporate profits, regardless of the ultimate cost to society. Now here's what's really interesting about all of this. The more successful the food lobby is at suppressing information that would prevent chronic disease in the American people, the more the pharmaceutical industry benefits financially. Why is that?

Experiment shows medical doctors to be glorified drug dealers, easily manipulated by drug companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Here’s some fascinating news in the world of medicine that really shows the drug racket -- the huge prescription drug scam taking place in this country today. Researchers sent a group of people, who said they saw the drug Paxil in a TV advertisement, into doctors’ offices. Many of these patients didn't even show signs of depression, but when they named the drug, 50 percent were diagnosed as having depression, and 55 percent were given a prescription for the exact prescription drug they named.

Instead, they're just part of the drug racket, part of the system of organized medicine that masquerades as "scientific medicine." Where's the science in scientific medicine? I find the circular logic involved in all this fascinating, because we've again shown how the prescribing behavior of doctors is not rational. When a patient names a drug, all that training, rationality, and scientific thought just gets thrown out the window in favor of circular logic. For example, the organized medical community claims that all drugs approved by the FDA are scientifically sound.

The beginning of the end of chemical-based medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The current drug racket system involving the FDA and super-powerful drug companies will take years to disassemble. Investors, doctors and egomaniacs will defend the current system of chemical-based medicine to their dying day. Thank goodness no men are immortal. Real advances in scientific understanding, it seems, only emerge when the defenders of old science finally retire or die. It is the nature of scientific revolutions. Today, we're witnessing the beginning of a revolution in medicine. Ultimately, chemical-based medicine will be seen as a flash in the pan...

Big Pharma: free market economics run amok Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Joe is both a consumer and an investor in the drug racket. If drugs were actually good for genuine economic growth and quality of life improvements, then Joe's life would be improved on two fronts: personal health and personal finances. In other words, if this was all good for humanity, then Joe would be both healthy and wealthy. But in reality, Joe is sick and broke. He's sick because the drugs merely masked his symptoms and didn't do a thing to make him healthier. He's broke because the money he spends on medicine costs more than he receives in dividends or stock gains as an investor.

Drug companies discredit negative studies and blacklist honest researchers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

What we see today is really just a drug racket disguised as evidence-based medicine. It is wearing the clothes of hard science, but has the character of Al Capone, and that is the system under which we all live and suffer and die today. Of course, you can escape the system by avoiding all prescription drugs, and there is a way to do it intelligently and safely. Just alter your lifestyle so you don't have to depend on prescription drugs. Move to a doctor who will help you get off of these drugs or find a naturopathic physician; and be a critical, skeptical consumer.

Consumer Alert: Hoodia Gordonii weight loss pills scam exposed by independent investigation Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

If you think this hoodia scam is bad, you should learn more about the drug racket in this country and how the FDA rubber stamps dangerous (even deadly) drugs in order to prop up the profits of Big Pharma. Action item: What you can do If you have purchase products from Pure Hoodia, Truth Publishing strongly urges you to take the following steps: DO NOT consume capsules labeled as Pure Hoodia, Hoodonii, or SlimTron. Truth Publishing does not know what powder is actually contained in these capsules, but the lab results are telling us it is definitely not hoodia gordonii powder.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

How do we stop the drug racket that's operating today? How do we put an end to the Big Pharma/FDA conspiracy that prevents us from learning the truth about natural health solutions that can prevent these chronic diseases? First, we need to learn to exercise and protect our health freedoms with the same vigor we use to protect our freedom of speech and freedom, of religion as discussed in chapter 4.

FDA censorship, suppression of its own scientists is routine, survey reveals Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's yet more evidence backing up my long-standing condemnations of the FDA as a mob-like drug racket agency that distorts the truth, lies to the public, defends dangerous prescription drugs, works to promote the financial interests of pharmaceutical companies and essentially ends up killing hundreds of thousands of Americans each year because of its unwillingness to perform its regulatory mission. This survey also reveals that it is not entirely accurate to speak of the FDA as one single-minded organization.

The FDA, Vioxx, and crimes against humanity Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The FDA as drug racket mob boss The only place you find that sort of distorted logic is, of course, at the FDA. The bottom line with all of this is that the FDA has once again proven itself to be a highly corrupt regulatory agency that will go out of its way to protect the pharmaceutical industry at the risk of public safety.

Drug companies allegedly defraud state Medicaid programs with 54,000% markups Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

You see, the drug racket isn't just about dangerous drugs like Vioxx being peddled to tens of millions of Americans, it's also about financial fraud designed to extract even more money from taxpayers. Like parasites that don't know when to stop, drug companies seemed determined to drain the economic life away from the country in any way possible. What we're seeing today is unrestrained capitalism at its worst.

Merck now under criminal investigation by the Justice Department for Vioxx scandal Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

For many years, I have described this system as a drug racket and until recently I had received quite a bit of negative feedback about calling it that. But now, suddenly, it's quite clear to nearly everyone that we are witnessing a racket. This is being operated almost exactly like a criminal organization for which laws like the RICO Act were originally designed. This is a modern version of Al Capone, except instead of carrying pistols, his gang is carrying prescription drugs and rubber stamps that say "FDA approved." Clearly, it is time to dismantle the FDA and reform it from the ground up.

FDA censorship, suppression of its own scientists is routine, survey reveals Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That's why it's called a drug racket. It's the biggest con ever perpetrated on the American people, and the FDA is the mob boss running the racket. The U.S. government eventually brought down Al Capone, but can it achieve the same law enforcement victory at the FDA? Perhaps the Department of Justice will get more involved as the body count rises here in the United States. Personally, I'm just curious to watch how long the American people will put up with this game.

The lawlessness of the FDA, Big Pharma immunity, and crimes against humanity (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Free to charge monopoly prices thanks to the FDA-enforced domestic drug racket that outlaws international competition, and unburdened by the financial risk of lawsuits from consumers harmed by their drugs, Big Pharma would be emboldened to unleash a dystopian era of unprecedented disease mongering, bribery of doctors, false advertising and the mass drugging of children, adults and seniors alike... with absolutely nothing to hold them in check. This result may, in fact, have been the intention all along.

Medical journal reveals that 70 percent of drug decision-making panel members have financial ties to industry Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The only evidence that I'm finding here is evidence of a giant drug racket. There is ample evidence of corruption and collusion. In fact, the more you look at this industry, the more you realize just how deeply the American people have been conned. It's a giant scam. There are really no other words to describe it. To call it scientifically based medicine is a hoax. It's an insult to real science and honest scientists.

For years and years, I've been warning about collusion in the drug industry and the magnitude of the drug racket in the United States. This industry is largely a scam. In fact, what's going on today is criminal in nature. If you wish to be a healthy individual, then you have to find alternatives to prescription drugs. You have to say no to unnecessary surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. You must get outside this corrupt system and move on to something that actually promotes healing like naturopathic medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy or massage therapy.

Experiment shows medical doctors to be glorified drug dealers, easily manipulated by drug companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

So this whole sham, this whole drug racket, has many different players, most of whom are highly-paid professionals and smart people. Wouldn't it be great if they actually did something productive for society, rather than writing dangerous, highly toxic prescriptions out to people... rather than impairing the long-term health of our population to generate billions of dollars in profits for the pharmaceutical companies? Wouldn't it be great if all these smart people did something useful?

Government's Medicare drug benefit program is an unmitigated disaster Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That's why I call it a drug racket. It's a monopoly racket defended by the FDA, Big Pharma and corrupt legislators who get reelected thanks to campaign contributions from drug companies. It's a simple system, but hardly anybody is willing to tell the truth about it, and this big Bush handout -- this Medicare drug benefit program -- only really benefits the drug companies. It doesn't benefit the senior citizens, and it doesn't benefit the taxpayers who are footing the bill.

Whistleblowers wanted: Truth Publishing seeks insiders to speak out about drug companies, health insurance and conventional medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

When launched over the next 1 - 2 years, these will rattle the very foundations of conventional medicine and wake up the public to the truth of what's going on with rampant disease mongering, the drugging of children, medical experiments on humans, profiteering by drug companies, and the FDA-enforced monopoly drug racket that keeps Americans diseased and broke. The truth is coming out, and people will be shocked. It's like Hitler's suicide and the surrender of the Nazis in World War II. Suddenly, the German people woke up and realized they had been following a madman.

FDA accused of suppressing drug safety information (commentary) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And who's the Al Capone running the drug racket? The FDA, of course. And then we have this "War on drugs," which does really important things like outlawing hemp. Oh yes, hemp is so dangerous. My God, you can make paper with it! It's so dangerous, this hemp. You can make a pair of jeans out of hemp. You can make sails for ships out of hemp, as some history buffs know. You can make car bumpers out of hemp and recyclable car parts. You can make biodiesel out of hemp.

Kevin Trudeau's Natural Cures book review Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The only thing holding the drug racket in place, in my opinion, is the Bush Administration, which remains strongly pro-drug and continues to enact legislation that amounts to little more than handouts to Big Pharma. Exposing the lies of Big Pharma The earthquake has begun, and the success of Kevin Trudeau's Natural Cures book is simply a sign that the public is ready to hear this message. People have been exploited and financially ransacked by Big Pharma for so long that they're desperate for alternatives. The big lies of Big Pharma are finally hitting the mainstream. Which lies?

Historically, I think the runaway success of Trudeau's book, combined with the recent $253 million jury verdict against Merck over the Vioxx trial, will be seen as milestone events that heralded the demise of Big Pharma and the collapse of the highly corrupt U.S. drug racket. I think the tide has turned. The public is no longer asleep at the wheel. They realize they're being outright killed by prescription drugs. People now recognize that antidepressant drugs will make you psychotic. Cholesterol-lowering drugs will destroy your hormones and nervous system.

The raw (and ugly) truth about the war on drugs Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That's the whole prescription drug racket in a nutshell: it's billions of dollars in annual profits generated from mind-altering (yet legal) drugs that flat-out kill people. Lots of people. Like 100,000 Americans a year (or a lot more if you believe more critical statistics). So if you've ever wondered why Ritalin -- which has no medical purpose whatsoever -- is perfectly legal, and yet medical marijuana -- which has a well-proven medical purpose -- is outlawed, now you know the answer: because Ritalin makes powerful people rich. And marijuana doesn't. Anybody can grow marijuana.

The Seven Laws of Nutrition Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

We could end our dependence on pharmaceuticals and end the drug racket now being hyped by the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA. All that is required is to have the courage to do what is right. And that is to outlaw the sale and marketing of foods that promote disease, to invest in teaching the public the fundamentals of nutrition, to overhaul our medical schools so that doctors are taught the basics of nutrition, and to reform the nutritional strategies pursued by public schools and hospitals. If we are going to be a healthy, vibrant nation, this is what we're going to have to do.

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