“FRIENDLY FIRE” OF MILITARY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS–AN EPIDEMIC OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHS

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In the first half of 2008,4 Charleston WV-area veterans were found dead in their sleep.  They were wide awake when when they retired.  Each was said to have PTSD and was on Seroquel, an antipsychotic, Paxil, an SSRI antidepressant, and Klonopin, a Valium-like benzodiazepine.  Antipsychotics, such as Seroquel and Risperdal—those most widely used in the military–are known to… Read more »

Health Care Costs Sunday Dialogue NY Times-8-28-11

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To the Editor:  (431 words)   Re: Sunday Dialogue: Curing the Health System Sunday Review, page 2, August 28, 2011   Please publish as an OpEd:   To fully understand why the costs of medical care in the US are twice those of Western Europe and Canada leaving 50 million uninsured, uncared for, one must figure-in… Read more »

Marijuana Possess Equals Child Neglect

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Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD responding to No Cause for Marijuana Case, but Enough for Child Neglect, By MOSI SECRET New York Times August 17, 2011. (see article below)   We point our finger at China and accuse them kidnapping and selling their citizen’s children.  How is this different? Ten grams of marijuana found in Penelope Harris’s apartment, belonging,… Read more »

NINE ELEVEN WALLOWING IN IT

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Op/Ed Editor New York Times   To the Editor   Re: On Anniversary of Attack, Many New Yorkers Will Try Not to Dwell on It. New York, 9/10/11, A-15]   Ordinarily, when faced with adversity or tragedy, the prevailing urge, is to go forward, to regroup to prevail.  But as one looks at the protracted, orchestrated mourning… Read more »