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A Nation of
Drug Addicts:
The Frightening Hidden Consequences That Are Warping Our Future
by Amazon
John Easterling
In less than
a generation (a blink in time) we have witnessed a meteoric rise in the
use of chemical pharmaceuticals. The human and animal populations in
the U.S. have become saturated in drugs. Here are some shocking
statistics that give reason to pause:
In 1999,
there were 2.8 billion prescriptions filled in the U.S. (That's an
astonishing 10 prescriptions for every man, woman and child in the
country.) There are currently one million people receiving chemotherapy
drugs. These drugs are extraordinarily toxic and by design largely
non-biodegradable. These patients excrete 13 hundred million lbs. (1.3
billion lbs.) of chemo laden bodily waste directly into the sewage
system.
Wastewater
treatment facilities do not monitor water supplies for the presence of
drugs. German scientists have found 30 to 50 pharmaceuticals in water
samples that they have examined in various countries.
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In
1949, there were 156,000 lbs. of antibiotics produced worldwide.
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In
1999, there were 50,000,000 lbs. produced in the U.S. alone.
Twenty
million lbs. of antibiotics go into livestock feed or pigs, chickens
and cows that are destined for human consumption. The waste from these
animals flows back into local ecosystems.
The American
topsoil is literally awash in antibiotics where they continue to kill
off bacteria. The 'good' bacteria in the soil are essential to
facilitate decomposition and regeneration of plant life. The attempt to
indiscriminately kill off all bateria in the ecosystem is causing
mutations and evolutionary changes unparalleled in recorded biologic
history.
The top two
prescription drugs (by number of prescriptions written) are:
Chris
Metcalf, a researcheer at Trent University in Canada found 400 ppt of
estrone in wastewater samples. When exposing fish to varying estrone
levels in water he found the following results:
The more
people eat drugs, the more bizarre their behavior. There is in fact a
frenzy of historic proportions of people demanding drugs -- from cheap
drugs from Canada and drugs for seniors to drugs for children and drugs
for pets. The notion of a war on drugs is completely absurd when prime
time TV shows are being sponsored by advertisements from drug companies
pushing drugs on anyone who can fog a mirror.
The potential
silver lining in this madness is that the pendulum has swung so far
into a drug-induced irrational exuberance that the crippling
consequences to our species and our planet are now showing up on the
radar screen. The horrific costs of this drug binge are being felt in
both environmental and human mutations. In fact, eating pharmaceuticals
has become one of the leasing causes of death. Three hundred people die
every day in the U.S. from taking their prescriptions according to the
directions. The evidence becomes more and more obvious that this grand
experiment of massive drug use in our society has some very hideous
side effects.
Since the
beginning of time our bodies have been engineered to extract our
nutrient matter and life force from the plant kingdom. There is a
growing population who are still thinking clearly and turning to the
natural vitality of wild plants. These plants include not only a full
spectrum of nutrient matter but also a natural profile of healing
intelligence not available in drugs or commercial foods.
As Col. P.H.
Fawcett put it in 1903 in his book Lost Trails, Lost Cities,
"The healthy robust tribes live not near easily navigable rivers but
retire far beyond the range of civilized man. There I believe lay the
greates treasure yet to be discovered by mankind."
The wisdom
and truth of this great Amazonian explorer is ringing true and
manifesting today.
Reprinted
from Amazon Spirit Volume 2, Number 2
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