Acting Funny? Take a Pill!

This is from a great book called Blaming The Brain This page shows how bigPharm markets the same pill, sometimes under different names, as a treatment for a variety of "mental illnesses" including depression and... smoking. (I shit you not.) It also shows the proof that these "illnesses" are chemical based, is actually, not proof, but a money saving move by the drug companies.

Tat for tit? Not the Same!

I just found this among my papers. I have no idea where it came from (though it seems likely to come from a San Diego newspaper). I also have no idea WHEN it comes from, though the yellowing says it's not recent. But it expresses an idea so well, that... well, you'll see

Click on the scan to read the whole thing