Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 > Wayne Fugitt <wfugitt > Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:32:08 -0500 > [MC_USA] Government and Drug Company > Conspiracy ? > > > Daily Dose ***** Scared Into Submission > ********** > > September 03, 2004 > > ************************************************************ > > Scared into submission > > You've heard me railing against the government's > increasingly " zero > tolerance " stance against purchasing prescription > drugs over the Canadian > border, right? Why, in just the last few months, I > reported on the busload > of senior citizens detained by jack-booted FDA thugs > simply for taking a > city-sponsored road trip — which they've done every > month for the last year > or more — into Canada to stock up on prescription > meds (many of which they > no doubt don't need, but don't get me started on > that). > > Well, now the Fools on the Hill have figured out a > new way to keep the drug > profits close to home: Instead of Gestapo tactics > like detaining > border-crossing seniors at gunpoint, they've shifted > gears into good old > fashioned scare tactics — using the terrorist threat > as leverage. > > According to a recent Associated Press report, the > Food and Drug > Administration is claiming that terrorist groups > like Al Qaeda and others > are planning to contaminate the drug supply with > Allah-knows-what. But get > this: They maintain that only those drugs brought in > from Canada and other > sources are potentially dangerous… > > What a crock! The vast bulk of the prescription > drugs sold in this country > are produced in factories far from the Land of the > Free. In fact, one > leading drug company has something like 60 plants in > various parts of the > world, some of them no doubt not-so-friendly to the > Stars and Stripes. If a > drug is mass-produced and poisoned in, say, > Bangladesh, how is buying it > here in the U.S. any safer than buying the identical > pills from a Canadian > pharmacy? > > In fact, if Al Qaeda were really targeting drugs > meant for the U.S. market, > then wouldn't it be SAFER BY FAR to buy them in > another country? > > According to the article, the FDA is sounding the > alarm about airwave > " chatter " that they're claiming indicates a plan to > launch such an > insidious attack. How they concluded this I don't > know, since the last time > I checked, the Food and Drug Administration wasn't > equipped to be a > counter-terrorism unit (who knows what those > meddlesome morons are doing, > though, right?). Plus, a spokesman for the > Department of Homeland Security > — the folks that actually monitor the " chatter " — > stated that they have NO > SPECIFIC INFORMATION about where, when, how, or even > IF such an attack > might occur. > > Don't get me wrong — a terrible scenario like this > could happen, and quite > easily. > > But the FDA shouldn't be leveraging people's fear > just to put a few more > bucks in the pockets of the pharmaceutical > companies. Shame on them! Next > Dose: The FDA looks the other way… > > William Campbell Douglass II, MD > > ************************************************************ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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