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My Government, My Health

Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry

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This makes me sick!
clipped from articles.mercola.com

The price of drugs is increasing faster than anything else a patient pays for: The prices of the most heavily prescribed drugs are routinely jacked up, sometimes several times a year. Some medications have a mark-up of 1,000 percent over the cost of their ingredients.

Your doctor may have an ulterior motive behind your prescription: Drug reps often give gifts to convince doctors to prescribe the medications that they represent. These drug reps usually have no medical or science education.
Pharmaceutical companies spend more on marketing than research
Guilty of Medicare fraud
Americans pay more for prescription meds than anyone else in the world
“New” Drugs aren’t really new

Drug companies are taking advantage of underdeveloped countries to perform clinical trials: In developing countries, government oversight is more lax.

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  • Nursing Online Education Database March 27, 2008
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    My Government, My Money

    Eggs cost 25 percent more in February than they did a year ago

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    US: Bob Schulz (founder of We the People) promises hunger strike if government does not respond to petition for redress of citizen grievances. Houson Chronicle 2008 Apr 15
    http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/04/ron_paul_supporters_hungry_for.html

    Maybe I’ll join him and try to accomplish something while I starve.

    clipped from biz.yahoo.com
    AP
    Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years
    Monday April 14, 4:10 pm ET

    By Ellen Simon, AP Business Writer

    Food Costs Rising at Fast Clip, Squeezing Poor, Forcing Food Vendors to Explain Higher Prices
    his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25
    The U.S. is wrestling with the worst food inflation in 17 years, and analysts expect new data due on Wednesday to show it’s getting worse.
    U.S. food prices rose 4 percent in 2007, compared with an average 2.5 percent annual rise for the last 15 years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And the agency says 2008 could be worse, with a rise of as much as 4.5 percent.
    Analysts are forecasting that Wednesday’s Department of Labor report will show the Consumer Price Index rose at a 4 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, up from last year’s overall rise of 2.8 percent.
    For some, that means adding an extra cup of water to their soup, watering down their milk, or giving their children soda because it’s cheaper than milk
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    My Government

    Don’t Forget to Not Say this if you are Not Convicted

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    Did my title make sense?
    If you are arrested but not convicted, you can ask the Justice Department to destroy the DNA sample they took from you.
    clipped from news.yahoo.com

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    Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest

    By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer
    Wed Apr 16, 6:18 PM ET

    WASHINGTON – The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people.
    Using authority granted by Congress, the government also plans to collect DNA samples from foreigners who are detained, whether they have been charged or not. The DNA would be collected through a cheek swab, Justice Department spokesman Erik Ablin said Wednesday. That would be a departure from current practice, which limits DNA collection to convicted felons.
    Expanding the DNA database, known as CODIS, raises civil liberties questions about the potential for misuse of such personal information, such as family ties and genetic conditions.
    the federal government could store DNA samples of people who are not guilty of any crime,
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