Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
comic strip overdue media

Thursday, January 06, 2005

The new face of drug research

is company driven, rather than safety driven. There have always been flaws and loopholes, but it used to be more of an academic maze than one of profit. Here's an example of what can happen in the world of big business.

USATODAY.com - Psychiatrist: Company hid Prozac, suicide link

If you want a rather eye-opening, if disturbing look at the history of mental illness 'treatments', check out Mad in America by Robert Whitaker.

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