“The crisis in today’s health care
system is deeply rooted in the interwoven history of modern medicine
and corporate capitalism. The major groups and forces that shaped the
medical system sowed the seeds of the crisis we now face. The medical
profession and other medical interest groups each tried to make medicine
serve their own narrow economic and social interests. Foundations and
other corporate class institutions insisted that medicine serve the
needs of ‘their’ corporate capitalist society. The dialectic of their
common efforts and their clashes, and the economic and political forces
set in motion by their actions, shaped the system as it grew. Out of
this history emerged a medical system that poorly serves society’s
health needs.”
A few years ago, the above statement would
most likely have been greeted with harsh criticism and even disbelief.
Thanks to recent revelations from medical industry insiders, as well as
the availability of documentation detailing scientific fraud, more
people are starting to become aware of some very disturbing
realities that plague the modern day medical industry.
For example, Dr. Richard Horton, current Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet,
stated that much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply
be untrue, and that “science has taken a turn towards darkness.” (source) Former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Medical Journal
(NEMJ) Dr. Marcia Angell states that “it is simply no longer possible
to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely
on the judgement of trusted physicians or authoritative medical
guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached
slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of the New
England Journal of Medicine.” (source)
“The medical profession is being
bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice
of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic
institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid
agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it’s disgraceful.” – (source)(source) Arnold Seymour Relman (1923-2014), Harvard Professor of Medicine and Former Editor-in-Chief of the New England Medical Journal
So if you’re thinking something like this is a conspiracy theory, think again.
Pharmaceutical companies have a
multi-trillion dollar incentive to cover up cures, distort scientific
literature, and discourage the use of proven natural substances like
cannabis. It’s funny how a drug showing promise to treat a specific
disease is usually pushed into human clinical trials, yet cannabis, a
plant that has been shown to have anti-tumoral effects for decades, is
still awaiting them. Think about that for a moment.
Below is a video of Mnar Muhawesh, Editor-in-Chief of MintPress News, interviewing Rick
Simpson, founder of Phoenixteras.ca and a medical cannabis activist.
Rick has been providing instruction on how to make cannabis oil for
medicinal use, among other things, for many years. They go into an
interesting discussion about modern day medicine, big pharma, and the
use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Twenty-three states have now approved
cannabis for medicinal use, yet there are still some laws that make it
almost impossible for patients with certain diseases to access one of
the most potent forms of cannabis medicine, which is pure cannabis oil.
This plant is still categorized by the US
federal government in the same category as heroin and bath salts,
despite the fact that an enormous amount of research has shown its
ability to treat various diseases, from epileptic seizures to cancer.
It’s amazing how many human success
stories are out there regarding cannabis, and how much science has been
published over the past two decades to compliment those stories. For
example, we recently covered a story regarding a little girl with
epilepsy who was having 4-50 seizures a day. Her father eventually
decided to take matters into his own hands and try cannabis oil. You can
watch that HERE.
Arjun Walia
I joined the CE team in 2010 shortly after finishing university and have been grateful for the fact that I have been able to do this ever since :) There are many things happening on the planet that don't resonate with me, and I wanted to do what I could to play a role in creating change. It's been great making changes in my own life and creating awareness and I look forward to more projects that move beyond awareness and into action and implementation. So stay tuned :) arjun@collective-evolution.comhttp://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/02/04/rick-simpson-challenges-rockefeller-medicine-big-pharma/
