Statistics prove prescription drugs are 16,400% more deadly than terrorists

The whole human substance intake structure in society is out of whack. A banana contains chemicals inside of it to lift your mood just as does zanex. Don't mistake my words IT IS NOT THE SAME. However, putting a substance into your body will always modify your homeostasis.

Drugs are almost always created from an original organic compound which comprises the active ingredient. Just as we have informative labels on foods and an abundance of information on these contents, we should have the same on the labels of drugs over the counter and prescription.

Furthermore, we should ideally have a label on everything made for consumption and an accompanying government sponsored, widely accessible (physically & intellectually) database on all major chemical components of products for consumption. Of course for this, we would have to legalize and regulate all substances.

Legalization and regulation of all substances is a large step for our civilization at this point, but in practice, benefits the welfare of all those affected. It means that all drugs that should be out of the hands of kids won't be sold to them. Do you think that today's meth dealer cares how old a customer is? No. We should have alcohol right next to it on the shelf with a list of active ingredients and scale of addiction.

Organized crime makes huge bucks from being the only organized producers of the various illegal substances. They put those big bucks into the pockets of politicians to keep the law structure the way it is. The same goes for pharmaceutical companies. If their products were laid out flat, they would loose money from customers who would realize how dangerous their products could be. So the money keeps flowing and things stay the same.

If all products for consumption were available to the public with their pro's and con's laid out flat, our way of life would be forever improved.

and miss out on the billions of dollars the pharmaceutical industry stands to lose that come with negative media attention? in case you didn't know, a dead body can't sign any doctor's pay check.

Human stupidity probably holds the record though.

Statistics say that statistics are made up 50% of the time...
witch means this article and this fact(the fact I wrote above) has a 50% chance of being true...
Make since?

exactly...the sad thing is this has been going on for years. I wanna share a couple of quotes from "A People's History of The United States". If you haven't had a chance to read it I suggest you do.

This one is from a People's Party convention in 1890...

"Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street and for Wall Street. . ."

Here's part of the preamble from the People's party national convention, written and read by Ignatius Donnelly in 1892...

"We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches eve the ermine of the bench. The people are demoralized. . .The newspapers are subsidized or muzzled; public opinion silenced; business prostrate, our homes covered with mortgages, labor impoverished, and the land concentrating in the hands of capitalists. . .The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes. . .From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed two classes - paupers and millionaires. . ."

reading these quotes (amongst others in the book) made me feel like we're in the matrix and it just reboots every so often.

Yes but taking a pile of oxycotin is %16,400 more fun than being beheaded.

I would say that modern medicine does a hell of a lot more good than terrorists do as well. If I had a choice between terrorism and prescription medication, I would go with the stuff that saves lives.

This is a stupid comparison and the teenagers at current.com are falling for it. These are values that have no correlation and have no direct interaction.

I hope you like being brain washed.

many in our society have been conditioned to believe that for any problem in your life, there is a magic pill that will fix it. and that is really depressing to me. people will continue to poison themselves with excessive sugars and bad diets and hormone injected beef and a complete lack of exercise and continue to search for a pill for their problems.

pills treat the symptoms, not the causes.

pharmaceutical companies are only interested in turning a profit, they have no regard for the health of the people and/or curing anything.

whoa, I didn't say the FDA can't be trusted. Just realize medical info is dynamic and no research can ever be perfect. There is always a risk in everythin we do.

Let's not forget the over 1,000,000 babies that are killed by abortion every year either; they get no chance at all.

Pass the blunt, and save a friend.

Western medicine is just poison.

what do you mean; the FDA can't be trusted??

i wish we could come up with the total number of people that is out of... if we had a percentage like you have a 1-2% probability of death everytime you get a new prescription or go to the hospital... i have a hunch the probability would be shocking...

i would rather be in a room full of terrorists then a pharmacy! lol

western medicine has extented our life expectancy. the older our population become the greater the risk of death for any reason. anything we put into our bodies can kill us. drinking too much water can kill you. when we want cures for human illnesses we risk other problems. we have to decide what is the best answer. Doctors are human they cannot know everything about every dynamic aspect of medicine at any given moment. Find a doctor and a pharmacist you trust. read books not written and printed for drug companies. Lead as healthy a life as you can. Moderation. I had surgery several years ago, the surgery was succesful but I had a reaction to latex and could have died. Who's fault would that have been? For instance if I run out and buy the newest tech gadget as soon as it hits the market are all the "bugs" worked out yet? Even the FDA can"t prevent possible problems no matter how much testing they do. Insurance co. and attys. are counting on mistakes. become involved in the decisions you make.

Wow. This is some hysterical ass motherfuckin bullshit. First off, how is a 2003 report count as a "current event?"

Second, as Zaffo pointed out we are talking about a entire nation, some of whom are extremely unhealthy or just old (and notably have reached that age as a consequence of western medicine) and every year a number of these people die from "medical mistakes" which is not synonymous with "prescription drugs". It could have been a botched surgery, it could have been an overlooked infection, a misdiagnosis or yes, a bad drug interaction. But given the number of people receiving care vs. the number of terrorists operating it's weird to say that "prescription drugs are more deadly" that's like saying carrots are more deadly than atom bombs because more people have died from choking on carrots.

Of course the prescription drug companies are unscrupulous monsters just like any other large corporation but to condemn western medicine which has notably made "death from childbirth" a thing of the past is some thoughtless and superficial behavior.

Legal drugs deamed "safe" by the FDA: 783,936 deaths per year.

Illegal marijuana deamed extremely dangerous by the FDA and DEA: O deaths per year.

Nobody is forcing you to take prescription pills, just like nobody is forcing you to go to the doctor in the first place. You're asking for a cure-all with a 100% success rate in a nation of already vastly unhealthy people. It's not like doctors are hiding the real cure while feeding you salt tablets, believe it or not, the vast majority of the people in the health industry would rather have you alive than dead.

I'm pretty sure that Mr. Obama received a large portion of his political contributions from Big Pharm... Think about it, why else would he be so 'gun-ho' about univ. healthcare? There is no escaping the fact that it is really the lobbyists who are running this country (into the ground).

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/13/1313

We, as consumers, are just pieces of meat. Don't worry, though. With "Abstinence only" style sex education, we'll make plenty more consumers. Especially the un-educated, easilly manipulated by fear, consumers.

SO WE R SLOWING KILLING OURSELVES...EH DUH!!!!!!

I never liked modern medecine anyway, and if I'm not deadly ill I prefer to stay home and let it pass naturally.

Ain't capitalism fun?

This is what happens when profits matter more than human beings.

If only we had some sort of government entity to ensure the foods and drugs we ingest were safe, we could probably bring that number down significantly.

Obviously it is kept in silence.

Drug companies wouldn't want you to know that, they want you to keep buying these drugs, rely on them, depend on them.

Tragically a very sad number.

Yeah, what a shock.... (/sarcasm)

That's why I smoke pot.

How about a pill that helps you get off the pills? Patent pending.