F: Is for False Pharmaceutical Drugs

I turned on "DateLine" because JK Rowling was supposed to be interviewed, what I got instead has promoted me to write this column. The American public as well as the world needs to be informed. What is going on has me just a little concerned about ever taking another drug and that includes aspirin. Drugs that have been prescribed from your doctor and that you fulfill at a pharmacy have less than a 50/50 chance of being correct. There's a 50% chance of them containing the substance used for dry walls, lead based paint and worse. Experts conclude that the collapse of the governments health system has created a vacuum in which a parallel market for drugs has thrived and the profit margin is ohh so lucrative. Health professionals say the massive circulation of illegal medication reflects serious shortcomings in the control of the manufacture and importation of drugs. Considering that there is a network of channels before the drug gets to the proper places it is no wonder that this is happening. Considering how many people are dependent on trusting hospitals, local drug chains and local run drug stores, why isn't it mandatory that the pharmaceutical companies cut out the middle, in between and non existent people? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this terrorism by stupidity? The manufacturing of these lethal killers are developing countries like India , China , Mexico , and Belize that they know of. We are however not allowed to import prescription drugs from Canada!! Americans are also to blame Alvin Woody, a Mooresville, North Carolina pharmacist, and four additional defendants from Vermont, Wisconsin, New York, and California have been indicted on drug distribution and money laundering charges in connection with unlawful prescription drug operation. The illicit distribution of pharmaceuticals makes everyone a target. These men who were just the most recent of criminals fulfilled over 65,000 drug orders which caused in excess of three million dosages to be distributed to thousands of customers nationwide. Though the state government has launched a drive against the fake drug racket, the irony is that fake drug industry is growing. Officials are turning blind eyes to the racket as the fake drug dealers have already fixed their cut. The amount that one can make in the course of a year is approximately 48 Billion dollars. According to data collected by the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), emergency room visits increased 153 per cent from (from 42,857 to 108,320). More than 11,000 parcels containing illegal shipments of controlled drugs are imported daily through New York City's John F. Kennedy airport. The most vulnerable citizens are at risk. Right now it is calculated that at least 3,000 people die weekly from HIV and Aids-related illness across the world because their drugs are the higgest in cost and therefore the most lucritive to make money from. If you are thinking that it can't happen to you, think again. Drugs for Cancer, arthritis, asthma, viagra and even over-the counter drugs for headaches are also counterfieted. The experts even have a hard time deciphering the difference. These forgers are also thinking ahead as the bird flu medication has already been duplicated. These are people who have no concern for human life. Gone are the days of innocents. Be prepared and that is a F.A.C.T.