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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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