On AlterNet: big pharma

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Why is the Obama Administration Suddenly Fixated on Stomping out Medical Pot?

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

At the same time public support for marijuana legalization reached record highs, Obama shifted from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker.

Pay Attention: How Big Pharma Contrived the Great American Adderall Drought

Moe Tkacik, The Fix. November 22, 2011.

During the Great Ritalin Scare of 1993, shortages prompted thousands to switch to Adderall. Now, Shire is contriving an Adderall drought to convert patients to a new ADD drug.

As Pill Abuse and Deaths Intensified, The DEA Boosted Painkiller Supply

Guy Taylor, Salon. October 12, 2011.

An epidemic of Oxycodone abuse has struck America in the last decade, but as law enforcement locked up street pushers and corrupt doctors, the DEA gave Big Pharma the go-ahead.

Unregulated Clinical Trials, Exploitation, and Profit: How the FDA Allows Big Pharma to Exploit the Poor in South America

Kelly Hearn, The Nation. September 28, 2011.

In South America, Big Pharma takes advantage of an extreme lack of FDA oversight by conducting unwarranted, unsafe experiments on the poor.

Big Pharma's Latest Shady Ploy to Sell Depression Drugs That People May Not Need

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. July 4, 2011.

The drug industry is coming up with ever more clever ways to pump Americans full of drugs they may not need -- and that may not even work.

Pfizer: The Drug Giant That Makes Bank from Drugs That Can Kill You

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. July 10, 2010.

To say that Pfizer has been accused of wrongdoing is like saying BP had an oil spill.

Sex Pill for Women: Big Pharma Trying to Profit from Low Sex Drive?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 4, 2010.

A new pill promises to cure low sex drive in women. Is big pharma just trying to profit from another made-up disorder?

8 Invented Diseases Big Pharma Is Banking on

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 16, 2010.

Sleep sweating? Here are some new ways the pharmaceutical plans to make money.

How Real Health Reform Was Killed by Politicians Trying to Look 'Moderate'

James Ridgeway, CounterPunch. December 23, 2009.

'Moderation' has come to mean weighing the interests of campaign contributors -- Big Pharma vs. the insurance companies -- with little concern for the American people.

And They'll Call This Health-Care Reform: How Three Senators Are Extorting You For Their Big-Time Buddies

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. December 18, 2009.

Harry Reid will do anything to get sixty votes -- which means Lieberman, Nelson, and Snowe can use extortion on behalf of Big Insurance, Big Pharma, the AMA, and abortion foes.

White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. November 26, 2009.

The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep.

"Restless Vagina Syndrome": Big Pharma's Newest Fake Disease

Terry J. Allen, In These Times. November 3, 2009.

The pharmaceutical industry wants you to think that if you don't have sex like a porn star, you're in need of their drugs.

How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma Undermines Democracy

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. August 12, 2009.

When an industry gets secret concessions in return for a promise to lend its support to a key piece of legislation, we're in big trouble.

Obama's Deal With Big Pharma

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. August 10, 2009.

We'll get all the health care reform that special interests will allow.

Big Pharma Bribes Doctors to Hook Your Kids on Drugs

deleted, AlterNet. July 17, 2009.

Americans must start to question the legitimacy of the exploitative pharmaceutical-industrial complex and the predatory people atop them.

The Public Option Will Improve Private Health Insurance

Robert Reich, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.

Without the government as competition, the private sector has little incentive to improve.

FDA Approved Drugs Despite Fraudlent Testing

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2009.

A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market.

Medical Research Bought Off by Big Pharma

S.L. Baker, Natural News. May 21, 2009.

Study finds 29 percent of published journal articles on cancer research contained financial conflict of interests.

Harvard Med Students Expose Big Pharma's Influence on Campus

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.

A movement is underway to expose and curtail the industry's influence on students' classrooms and laboratories.

Pharma Giant Looking for New Diseases to Treat with Drug Linked to Suicide

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 17, 2009.

Finding new diseases to justify a drug's existence is the normal way pharma operates.

Free Antibiotics -- in U.S. Food and Water

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 11, 2009.

The FDA has quietly revoked a ban on the routine dosing of farm animals with antibiotics.

Big Pharma Gone Wild

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 3, 2009.

How Risperdal, a drug meant for treating rare psychiatric disorders, became the seventh best-selling medicine in the world.

Patients v. Big Pharma: Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Case

Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. October 30, 2008.

Should patients have the right to sue drug companies for personal injuries from FDA-approved prescription drugs?

States Taking Pharma to Court for Risky Antipsychotic-Prescribing Spree

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. October 19, 2008.

Certain antipsychotics are leaving legions of children and elderly in chemical straightjackets for treatment of conditions they didn't even have.

Fighting the Pathologizing of PMS

Paula J. Caplan, Ms. Magazine. September 8, 2008.

Despite a lack of evidence, the psychiatric establishment has made extreme premenstrual distress a recognized disorder -- and a boon to Big Pharma.