Nosebags in the corner and tears in our eyes

Written by Holmes Charnley


“What have you given me!” she recoiled. I sat there inrepparttar passenger seat, suddenly feeling ill at ease as sweetheart swerved to avoidrepparttar 115562 taste in her mouth. How quickly my attempt at romance had resulted in embarrassment. It was all quite scary really. All I’d given her was an Opal Fruit. One ofrepparttar 115563 purple ones. I chewed smugly on my strawberry one, much milder, safe inrepparttar 115564 knowledge that I wouldn’t encounter citric anguish.

To redressrepparttar 115565 balance I tried one ofrepparttar 115566 purple ones next. Heck! She had a point. Made to make our eyes water, obviously. I don’t remember sweets being this intense.

I haven’t really thought about sweets since my childhood. I don’t have a sweet tooth, so why should I? It’s only since I’ve had step-kids, for about a year now, that things such as Opal Fruits now find themselves secreted inrepparttar 115567 glove box.

Starburst, as we all know were called Opal Fruits. I wasn’t really allowed sweets as a kid … onlyrepparttar 115568 other day I was going on about how I didn’t have Frosties for breakfast but I vividly remember growing up eating Country Store inrepparttar 115569 mornings. Anyone remember Country Store? As insipid to a child as Alpen but without any ofrepparttar 115570 forgiving flavours. At least Alpen offered hope. Back then, a raisin was hallowed.

Anyhow, I digress; Opal Fruits. The first time I had an Opal Fruit was at some friend’s birthday party. I was around six atrepparttar 115571 time and these sweets were being handed out on a plate and because they were new to me, I didn’t realiserepparttar 115572 wrapper was still on. Funny sweet, I thought … intricate design yet curiously papery in texture. Oh, happy, embarrassing days.

Apart from that instance withrepparttar 115573 Opal Fruit, andrepparttar 115574 staple diet of Country Store, an annual visit torepparttar 115575 local Wimpy was akin to a religious experience.

All this talk of food is for a reason, I assure you. As many of you will know, Kraft were recently inrepparttar 115576 news due to their having decided to have a rethink about their foodstuffs.

The company have decided that they are going to start trying to make their food “less unhealthy.” I like that bit. “Less unhealthy”, a bumbling statement from a food giant, a clumsy attempt to not really say anything but say something a bit positive-ish … if they must. Made me smile. (“Daren’t say ‘more healthy’, Mr. President, we just can’t …they’ll be onto us like a rash.”)

The War for the Pharma Industry's Dollars!

Written by Nick Webb


There’s another war going on today. A war that may have serious consequences onrepparttar folks inrepparttar 115561 United States! I’m just a small guy, sat inrepparttar 115562 middle looking to see how things go and trying to figure out who will win.

What war am I talking about, I hear you say.

I’m talking aboutrepparttar 115563 latest war, or battle for want of another word, going on betweenrepparttar 115564 U.S. House of Representatives,repparttar 115565 U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry and pharmacies in Canada. As I dug deeper into this story I realised several things. I learnt that U.S. consumers payrepparttar 115566 highest prices inrepparttar 115567 world for prescription drugs, often as much as doublerepparttar 115568 price that Canadians actually pay. I learnt thatrepparttar 115569 U.S. pharmaceutical industry has annual gross sales for prescription drugs that amount to just over $159.8 billion! Yes, that’s not a typo.

It seems thatrepparttar 115570 FDA is taking sides withrepparttar 115571 U.S. industry, inasmuch, they say that import drugs may not be packaged and stored under appropriate conditions. Moreover, that there is no guarantee thatrepparttar 115572 drugs have been produced under current good manufacturing practices. But more importantly,repparttar 115573 FDA released a statement saying that:

“When consumers take such unsafe and inappropriate medications, they face risks of dangerous drug interactions and other serious health consequences.”

Atrepparttar 115574 moment of writing, a U.S. committee is trying to determine whether Canadian drugs are safe. It also doesn’t hold back when it says thatrepparttar 115575 FDA is obviously taking sides withrepparttar 115576 U.S. pharma industry.

From my line of business I have dealings everyday with people suffering from heart disease, high cholesterol levels, hypertension, diabetes, and people who are overweight or obese, and others who try to do their best to get a grip on their lives and start taking control.

These people can actually be saving hundreds of dollars on their monthly drug bill. In fact, many are already purchasing their supply of medications directly onrepparttar 115577 internet from Canadian online pharmacies. Are they doingrepparttar 115578 wrong thing? Isn’t this going againstrepparttar 115579 American spirit?

But should it really be so expensive to live our lives as best as possible when medications are needed?

I recently heard about one lady who uses a discount drug service that connects her to a Canadian pharmacy where she buys her medicine and saves $300 (US) a month!

“I’m a senior citizen and every dollar counts” she told CBS news

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