This is our world today
Anyone heard of Codex? Anyone? Well, if not, then read this post, because what I've just found out has pissed me off royally, and it probably will piss you off too. Codex is a special interest group that is trying to gain control of the pharmaceutical industry and make billions of dollars off of prescription drugs. Now, you may be asking, why in the hell would this be a problem for me? Especially if I don't take any prescription drugs. Well, what Codex is trying to do exactly is outlaw all non-patentable natural therapies threatening its global markets for patentable, synthetic drugs. It is clear that the effects of the implementation of these standards (called the: ‘Codex Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements’) would include:
* Removal of access to a large number of the most effective forms of safe micronutrients
* The prevention of sale of all natural supplements without a doctor’s prescription
* Delivery of human healthcare exclusively into the hands of the pharmaceutical industry
* Consequent increases in unnecessary deaths from diseases that should long ago have been eradicated and from the side effects of the drugs themselves
Simply put, Codex is trying to eradicate places such as Vitamin Cottage and other natural herbal supplements and vitamins without a doctor's approval. This affects me personally because both my sister and my mum suffer from low iron in their blood, which is easily solved by going to Vitamin Cottage or wherever and picking up iron pills. But if this law is passed, they'd have to get a prescription from the doctor for these iron pills and would have to pay exorbant prices set down by this Codex which if this law is passed will not only have essentially a monopoly on prescription drugs, but also natural supplements and vitamins. (Information taken from http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/Events/codex2004a.html )
Oh, and another thing to think about, each year, doctor-prescribed drugs kill more Americans than street drugs. Drug Abuse Warning Network statistics indicate less than 10,000 deaths annually from illegal drugs. 130,000 Americans actually die in hospitals each year from prescription medication. (Whitaker, J. in Health and Healing, September 1993 Supplement, Phillips Publishing, p 3).
* Removal of access to a large number of the most effective forms of safe micronutrients
* The prevention of sale of all natural supplements without a doctor’s prescription
* Delivery of human healthcare exclusively into the hands of the pharmaceutical industry
* Consequent increases in unnecessary deaths from diseases that should long ago have been eradicated and from the side effects of the drugs themselves
Simply put, Codex is trying to eradicate places such as Vitamin Cottage and other natural herbal supplements and vitamins without a doctor's approval. This affects me personally because both my sister and my mum suffer from low iron in their blood, which is easily solved by going to Vitamin Cottage or wherever and picking up iron pills. But if this law is passed, they'd have to get a prescription from the doctor for these iron pills and would have to pay exorbant prices set down by this Codex which if this law is passed will not only have essentially a monopoly on prescription drugs, but also natural supplements and vitamins. (Information taken from http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/Events/codex2004a.html )
Oh, and another thing to think about, each year, doctor-prescribed drugs kill more Americans than street drugs. Drug Abuse Warning Network statistics indicate less than 10,000 deaths annually from illegal drugs. 130,000 Americans actually die in hospitals each year from prescription medication. (Whitaker, J. in Health and Healing, September 1993 Supplement, Phillips Publishing, p 3).