PSYCH DRUGS

PsychSearch Big Pharma’s Evil Playbook Colin Taufer On July 10, 2010, Stewart Dolin, a happy, funny, loving, wealthy, dedicated husband and father, started taking Paxil, as prescribed by his psychiatrist. Six days later, in the middle of the afternoon, he leapt off a subway platform and into the path of an approaching train. How do the biggest drug pushers poison the world for profit and get away with murder? Just ask GlaxoSmithKline, one of the kingpins in the pill-pushing cartel known as Big Pharma. GSK has perfected the playbook of turning drugs they know to be deadly and dangerous into [...]

PsychSearch Drugging Children for Conformity Colin Taufer Throughout its long history, Ritalin has been a drug in search of a “disorder”. Its manufacturer Ciba (now Novartis) has spent millions on advertising and “doctor education” trying to find and create a profitable “disease” for its drug. In the mid-1950’s Ritalin was advertised as a way to boost spirits and to make patients more cooperative and manageable. Later, in the same decade, Ciba tried another approach and marketed Ritalin as a “safe, effective geriatric supplement”. In the 1960’s promotional focus again shifted and it touted itself as a way to “restore [...]

PsychSearch CONSUMER PROTECTION? Colin Taufer Recently, it was reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that someone suffered a knee injury after sitting on a brand of bench that collapsed. Six others reported this same bench collapsing but reported no injuries. Consequently, the CPSC told all consumers to stop using these particular benches and return them to their point of purchase for a full refund. Similarly, the CPSC ordered all consumers to stop using, and return for refunds a particular brand of glass dresser knob. The reason? They received two reports of lacerations from broken glass knobs. About 363,000 knobs [...]