Bill Maher - Anti-Pharma Rant

Bill Maher ends the show with a rant about big pharma

This episode aired on the 28th of Sept. 2007

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[steviesbackbitch]

The psychiatry industry is a sham. These pills are used to (a) make profits and (b) keep the people doped out and under control. How come North Americans have the world's highest rates of so-called mental illnesses when they also have the highest standards of living? How come people in poverty-stricken, violence-torn countries like Somalia, Pakistan, Congo (etc.) have low rates of mental illness?  It is cause North Americans have money to buy the crap while the poor people don't.

[sf10231016]

When your whole family is taking drugs and it's legal,there is something very wrong in the world.People think that acid reflux is actually a disease,and they will argue to their last breath about it.Guess what,it's not! I keep vinegar in my diet and I never get acid reflux.But I bet very few people know that,and I bet you'll here many people say that's not true,but if people actually found out about it the pharma industry would lose billions of dollars.Direct to consumer marketing will prevent

[pnpny04]

@Evenflowist314 right! Basically it comes down to individual choice due to the severity of his/her symptoms.If a person is truly suffering from some form of mental illness and meds help alleviate the symptoms,of course the person is going to prefer staying on medication.Especially if the side effects are tolerable.Maher's view point on psych meds would have been fine,if only he made clear he was speaking for himself (as well as other ppl who cannot empathize with what they don't understand).

[perreira831]

Fuck you obama!!!! From this progressive to you, keep on sucking on repiublican balls you bitch

[nadoop]

@sf10231016 Acid reflux is also a sign that the colon needs to be cleanse by implementing a fiber rich diet. Not trying to disgust you, but whenever I am constipated, or whenever the food is dying to get out, my body responds via pain headache, backache, knee pain) or acid reflux.

[luv4knowledge]

@steviesbackbitch yep, I think people are waking up to the truth though.

[Setzuo]

All hail Bill Maher. Let us trust the opinion of a talk show host over trained medical professionals. All doctors are conspirators sworn to secrecy by the evil pharmaceutical organizations that control the globe. Bill Maher, with his anecdotal testament and fear-based rationale, is our only guiding light against the educated masses. Put down those textbooks, stop trusting peer reviewed evidence. Trust only in multimillionaire talk show hosts for they only care about you.

[lopezjo]

I admitt, there are a "few" drugs that are effective in treating diseases from Big Pharma...However, most diseases can be cured, reversed, or alleviated through a healthy diet, excercise, Vitamins, Fasting, and Detoxing....I

[Evenflowist314]

@pnpny04

I was responding to 9millionvoices for turning this into another tiresome God debate. Yeah some drugs help for some reasons I'm sure but like all companies it comes down to profit. Ever wonder why you see these ads asking if you or a loved one has been using (insert drug name here) and then telling you that it's been found to lead to some form of cancer and that you may be entitled to a lawsuit months later? Things like that keep me pharma free and so far it's worked well for me.