Rush Limbaugh, Victim, Perp or none of the above? (Part 2)

Written by Bill Kammarada


He reported that overseas pharmacies inform American buyers that U.S. Customs will not seize shipments of drugs because a "personal use" policy allows customers to import a limited supply of drugs. As a result, Law enforcement agencies that try to manage online pharmacy abuse are finding it a challenge to do so. (This is true. Readrepparttar FDA Regulations and their contrary policy at http://rxasia.com/import.html ) Ifrepparttar 115509 package doesn't contain narcotics or controlled substances, they normally resealrepparttar 115510 package and release it for delivery by mail. Inrepparttar 115511 very unlikely event that a package is detained, US Customs normally sends a letter informingrepparttar 115512 recipient that they need to mail a copy of a doctor's prescription or elserepparttar 115513 package will be returned to sender or destroyed. To repeat, it is not illegal to order legitimate medications from abroad for personal use. Letrepparttar 115514 buyer beware concerning controlled drugs or narcotics.) He talked about one instance in Arizona where authorities found an online pharmacy with an Arizona mailing address that was being hosted in another state. The resident physician signing off on prescriptions was discovered to be a retired veterinarian living in Mexico. The Arizona State Attorney General had tried to stop out-of-state and overseas Internet doctors from doing business with state residents, but lackedrepparttar 115515 power and enforcement muscle to stop them. In springrepparttar 115516 National Association of Boards of Pharmacy developedrepparttar 115517 Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) program. Boards from fifty states,repparttar 115518 District of Columbia, three U.S. territories, nine Canadian provinces, and four Australian states make uprepparttar 115519 association membership. Although nine of Canada's provinces fall underrepparttar 115520 Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites program, a search didn't turn up any online Canadian drugstores. (Three cheers forrepparttar 115521 Canadians for not capitulating to another self-appointed regulatory agency.) (I would think that this Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) program is a self-serving organization, allowing only USA certain, Canadian and Australian chain pharmacies to join. The Good Old Boys Club all over again to stifle competition. And who needs another regulatory agency to complicate life. There is enough regulation already in place to address any real, perceived or imaginary problem). According to Dr. Paul Raymond of Online Pills, Canadians are able to buy prescription drugs from his company in Atlanta, Georgia. They are currently shipping several orders a day to Canada. Pill Box's president William A. Stallknecht, R.Ph., said that Canadians can legally purchase drugs online and can also get diagnosed online as well at medicalcenter.net. In most cases patients need to physically see a physician but in some instances diagnosis is made online. In his article, Spring quoted Stallknecht, as saying that, "These prescriptions are not illegal. They're bona fide prescriptions with bona fide doctor-patient relationships." Stallknecht said that," one out of three prescriptions written are prescribed by doctors who've never seen their patients." Spring reported him as saying thatrepparttar 115522 pharmaceutical drugs he sells online primarily Viagra, Propecia, Claritin, and Xenical are safe. These drugs only require a prescription because manufacturers are "milking their patents" before they expire andrepparttar 115523 drugs become available overrepparttar 115524 counter. (I don’t think our pharmaceutical industry would do that! Do you? Profit before compassion? Nah!) Having stated allrepparttar 115525 legal ramifications of on-line drug stores,repparttar 115526 fact still remains that consumers love them. One ofrepparttar 115527 main reasons is that it provides consumers with considerable privacy. In an article in August, Troy Wolverton on CNET News.com reported that on its first day of trading, Drugstore.com closed at 50.25, givingrepparttar 115528 company a market valuation of some $2.13 billion. Soma.com sold itself to CVS for $30 million in stock in May. Financial analyst Chris Vroom of Thomas Weisel Partners was reported as saying thatrepparttar 115529 potential size ofrepparttar 115530 pharmacy market andrepparttar 115531 sense thatrepparttar 115532 Web is a natural place to sell drugs makes online companies attractive to investors. (Could all this commotion and Public Relations be becauserepparttar 115533 large chains were late getting on board?) The Globe and Mail reported in March that Michael Tchong, editor of Iconoclast, estimated that 76 million baby boomers are all going to be over 40 byrepparttar 115534 year 2004 and health will start to play a more important role. Studies indicate thatrepparttar 115535 baby boomers are already drivingrepparttar 115536 online drug store industry. John Barry wrote in part on June 15, 2000 at http://speakout.com/ "Online pharmacies allow patients to purchase medicine without having to go torepparttar 115537 drug store. These sites give them direct access to information aboutrepparttar 115538 drugs and direct contact withrepparttar 115539 pharmaceutical companies that which they didn't have before. The new technology, however, has a major drawback: it makes it a lot easier to buy prescription drugs withoutrepparttar 115540 advice or supervision of a doctor. Is it time forrepparttar 115541 federal government to move in and stop these abuses? (Big Brother redux! If I sound cynical, it’s because I Am. I resent big government activist hacks dictating and regulating every part of our lives. ) According torepparttar 115542 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, prescription drugs cannot be sold without direct involvement of a physician. But withrepparttar 115543 Internet, this "intervention" becomes a lot less direct. While many on-line pharmacies require that their customers supply either a hand-written or faxed prescription from a doctor, others have begun to introduce "virtual" physicians intorepparttar 115544 process. These online pharmacies only askrepparttar 115545 patient to send a completed form overrepparttar 115546 Internet. Then, for an additional fee, a licensed physician determinesrepparttar 115547 dosage andrepparttar 115548 type of medicine forrepparttar 115549 patient based onrepparttar 115550 information he or she has been given. (This is a good thing.)

WARNING! Flu Shots can be dangerous to your health

Written by Dr. Edward F. Group III


Every year about this time doctors aroundrepparttar world are recommending that people go in and get their annual flu shot. What most people don’t know or understand is just how dangerous this could be, especially for children underrepparttar 115508 age of 12. When people call and say “My doctor is tellingrepparttar 115509 family to go in and get a flu shot. Should I do it?”…I tell them they should learn aboutrepparttar 115510 side effects and decide for themselves…as a chiropractor and naturopathic physician I don’t’ haverepparttar 115511 time or energy to argue with family practitioners or family doctors who are obviously uneducated onrepparttar 115512 possible side effects or detrimental effects flu shots or vaccinations in general can have onrepparttar 115513 body.

I personally have never received a flu shot and have never been ill duringrepparttar 115514 flu season. In my personal opinion I don’t think toxic chemicals and strains of different viruses growing on living tissue belong insiderepparttar 115515 body. Because ofrepparttar 115516 demand, I want to share with you some ofrepparttar 115517 research that we have found inrepparttar 115518 latest flu shot trend andrepparttar 115519 by-products of these supposedly sterile and non-harmful solutions.

I don’t know about you, but I sure would not want any ofrepparttar 115520 following compounds in my bloodstream or deposited in my body. Let’s look at what we have found inrepparttar 115521 common vaccinations:

Ethylene Glycol: Ethylene Glycol is nothing more thanrepparttar 115522 technical name for anti-freeze,repparttar 115523 same stuff that you put inside your car engine. I don’t think I have to tell you what would happen if you ingest antifreeze. Thimerosal: This is a mercury derived disinfectant and preservative which is used in a majority ofrepparttar 115524 vaccinations and can result in brain injury over a long period of time leading into Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Disease, lack of memory, sluggish brain performance and also is known to induce auto-immune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, ALS as well as altering and depletingrepparttar 115525 immune system from working efficiently. Phenol: Phenol is most commonly used as a disinfectant, also used as a dye, is listened as a carcinogenic agent (cancer-causing) agent and is also known as carbolic acid. Neomycin and Streptomycin: These compounds are used as antibiotics which have side effects to include severe allergic reactions in some people. It always puzzled me why they are putting two different forms of antibiotics in a viral vaccine. Aluminum: Aluminum accumulates inrepparttar 115526 skin, bones, brain and kidneys and can cause Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Aluminum has also caused cancer in laboratory mice. It is commonly used as an additive in most vaccinations. Formaldehyde: Formaldehyde is used as a preservative. It is also classified as a carcinogenic (cancer-causing agent) and causesrepparttar 115527 body fluids to become acidic in nature. Formaldehyde will start to preserve your tissues withinrepparttar 115528 body.

I hope that when your doctor starts telling you that it is time for your annual flu vaccine you will present this material to him and ask him how all of these ingredients are going to prevent you from gettingrepparttar 115529 flu. I’ll be very interested in knowing what his answer is to that question. As a side note just to let you know what is being injected to your body, these vaccines are strained through animal or human tissues like chicken embryos, monkey kidney tissue and embryonic guinea pig cells, to name a few.

So what am I supposed to do if I don’t listen to my doctor and I decide not to get an annual flu shot? Well, you have probably maderepparttar 115530 smartest decision you have ever made in your entire life. So let me give you 5 Simple Secrets and Bonuses to Sailing Through The Flu Season:

Secret #1: Reduce your intake of caffeine, alcohol and carbonated beverages and replace with purified water with addition of organic apple cider vinegar added. Two tablespoons per gallon or a capful per glass. Ideally, you should drink at least ½ gallon of water each day.

Secret #2: Reduce intake of refined white sugar, white flour, sweets, refined grains and hydrogenated oils. Try not to over-eat, especially duringrepparttar 115531 holidays. Try to get adequate exercise—at least 3 times per week. The more you move,repparttar 115532 better your lymph system is able to move toxic materials out ofrepparttar 115533 body.

Secret #3: Zinc. In a majority ofrepparttar 115534 studies that have been done duringrepparttar 115535 flu season many people have preventedrepparttar 115536 flu by taking supplements of zinc. Zinc is one ofrepparttar 115537 most powerful immune stimulants and is powerful anti-viral. There are a lot of different forms of zinc and you have to be careful on which one you choose. Therefore I recommendrepparttar 115538 best and most absorbable form of zinc which is zinc orotate. If you cannot find this form of zinc at your local health food store or natural health care practitioner contact Global Healing Center at 713.476.0016 or staff@globalhealingcenter.com. Do not take zinc atrepparttar 115539 same time you eat or drink citrus fruits or juices. It will diminishrepparttar 115540 effectiveness ofrepparttar 115541 zinc.

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