Prescription Drugs

China Supplies The U.S. With 97% Of All Antibiotics & Most Other Drugs

March 14, 2020 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: April 6, 2020

The coronavirus has shed light on a Chinese monopoly on U.S. medical supplies and prescription drugs. China sells the United States an estimated 97% of all antibiotics used and 80% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to produce drugs. If… [read]

Trump Wants Death Penalty For Dangerous Drug Dealers – But who Are the Dangerous Ones?

March 12, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: March 13, 2018

President Trump suggested drug dealers in the United States should face harsher punishments, including the death penalty or life in prison, during a campaign rally last Saturday. Trump praised Singapore and China for their “zero tolerance policy” regarding drugs, and… [read]

An Alternative to Prescription Painkillers: A New Epidemic

December 22, 2015 by Bob Gorman
Last updated on: August 15, 2017

The world and its people are clearly in a lot of pain. Whether it’s physical pain or emotional pain, the response of the medical community has been to prescribe drugs to medicate it. Using prescription drugs like Vicoden and Percoset… [read]

Crazy Pills: Over-the-Counter and Prescription Meds Linked To Dementia

January 29, 2015 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: August 23, 2018

A new study clearly shows common over-the-counter medications widely used for asthma, allergies, and insomnia increase the risk for dementia. The study also found that the risk may not be reversible, even after several years off of these medications. The… [read]

Why I Stopped Taking Prescription Drugs

September 27, 2014 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 27, 2015

My mother was the first in our family to question conventional medicine. When I was a four, I was diagnosed with severe ADHD and learning disabilities. While the doctor insisted that Ritalin was the only viable treatment and was urgently… [read]