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04/09/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Pharma drug side effects add nearly half a TRILLION dollars to U.S. health care costs each year

The never-ending cycle of side effects and adverse reactions that come from pharmaceutical drugs adds nearly half a trillion dollars to U.S. health care costs annually. A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego computed the true costs of pharmaceutical drugs. The real reason health insurance and medical care is so expensive […]

02/19/2018 / By Mike Adams

On the same day that 17 children were murdered in a Florida high school, almost 300 Americans were killed by FDA-approved prescription medications

On the same day that 17 students and staff were killed in a Florida high school shooting, nearly 300 Americans were killed by FDA-approved prescription medications. Yet no one cried a single tear, and the (pharma-funded) news didn’t even mention the tragedy. When children are killed by guns, the news is emotionally multiplied with pseudojournalism […]

02/08/2018 / By JD Heyes

Medicaid expansion, Obamacare BOTH caused the current opioid epidemic that’s killing thousands: Senate report

It’s not something that Democrats will want to hear, given the fact that only members of their party voted for the devastating health care “reform” law known as Obamacare that greatly expanded Medicaid coverage, but the findings cannot be disputed: A new Senate report presents irrefutable evidence that both were responsible, in large part, for […]

01/18/2018 / By Ethan Huff

No, Big Pharma’s drug market is not a free market; it’s a monopoly-enforced RACKET, protected by corrupt government

Despite raking in tens of billions of dollars annually with its corner on medicine, the pharmaceutical industry just isn’t content with its current profit portfolio. New reports indicate that drug companies are continuing a trend they started several years back of “recycling” older drugs – meaning they dramatically hike up prices, only to reintroduce these […]

01/18/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Deaths from synthetic opioids have risen from 3,000 to over 20,000 in just three years – and the carnage is expected to continue

The tragic cases of two suburban Atlanta teens succumbing to opioid overdose added to the growing and worsening number of deaths associated with drug overdose across the country. A report published in the Life Zette website revealed that deaths involving synthetic opioids grew from 3,000 to 20,000 within a three-year period, which marked a 560 percent increase in […]

12/20/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Is Rand Paul the only U.S. Senator who opposes Big Pharma’s racketeering and price monopolies?

Truth be told, the best type of conservative is one who is capable of not only sticking to his or her principles, but also able to articulate those principles in a bold and fearless manner. And when it comes to shrinking the size of government and standing up to Big Pharma, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul […]

11/24/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Dangerous medicine: America’s opioid epidemic isn’t the only prescription drug-based crisis killing hundreds of thousands

By now, you may have heard that the U.S. is experiencing an opioid epidemic. The number of Americans who overdose on opioids has quadrupled since 1999. More than 500,000 people have died from opioid overdoses from 2010 to 2015. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in 2017 as CDC numbers reveal […]

11/22/2017 / By JD Heyes

FDA, DEA running massive conspiracy to criminalize Kratom in order to protect Big Pharma’s obscene opioid profits

Federal agencies who have declared a national emergency over the burgeoning opioid epidemic are simultaneously continuing to criminalized kratom, which is a non-addictive, natural plant that has allowed scores of Americans to be weaned off their opioid addictions. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced plans to place the substance on the government’s list of Controlled […]

11/09/2017 / By Mike Adams

The Republican establishment is a total disgrace for blocking cannabis medicine for wounded veterans – Health Ranger

The Republican establishment recently blocked veterans’ access to medical marijuana, making sure our veterans remain addicted to dangerous, deadly opioids. The Veterans Equal Access amendment was blocked by the Republican-led U.S. House, ensuring that Big Pharma continues to cash in on the biological destruction of returning veterans. The very political party that claims to be […]

10/29/2017 / By Russel Davis

Proof of illegal kickbacks: Doctor admits he was compensated by opioid manufacturer for issuing unnecessary prescriptions

A Rhode Island-based physician has recently admitted to participating in a fraudulent scheme and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to illegally prescribe fentanyl, a highly-addictive opioid. A Reuters report has revealed that Dr. Jerrold Rosenberg, 36, has pleaded guilty before the U.S. District Court in Providence on grounds of health care fraud and illegally prescribing the […]

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