The secret
history of Big Pharma's role in creating and marketing heroin, LSD, meth,
ecstacy and speed
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The secret history of Big Pharma's role in creating and marketing
heroin, LSD, meth, Ecstasy and speed
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 by: Mike Adams
Most consumers think that street drugs are in an entirely different
class than prescription drugs, and they believe that pharmaceutical
companies would never manufacture or sell street drugs. But guess
what? As you'll read here, drug companies actually invented many of
the street drugs now considered to be the most devastating, including
heroin and meth ("ice").
Here are seven facts you probably never knew about the connection
between street drugs and pharmaceutical companies:
1. Heroin was launched as a medicine by Felix Hoffman, an employee of
Bayer, only a few days after he invented aspirin. Bayer immediately
applied for a trademark on the term "heroin," then began marketing the
drug as a cure for morphine addiction. It was also marketed as cough
syrup for children.
2. Parke-Davis, a subsidiary of Pfizer, promoted and sold cocaine. It
even produced a "cocaine injection kit" complete with a syringe for
shooting up. Skeptical? You can view the picture yourself by clicking
www.NewsTarget.com/gallery/articles/ParkeDavisInjection.jpg
3. A subsidiary of Novartis, Sandoz Laboratories, introduced the world
to LSD in 1938, marketing it as a psychiatric drug named Delysid. This
same drug company also created saccharin, the artificial chemical
sweetener.
4. Drug giant Merck pioneered the commercial manufacture of morphine
from opium and was a heavy pusher and marketer of cocaine. Merck also
patented MDMA (Ecstasy, the rave drug). After World War II, Merck also
began producing pesticides and food preservatives.
5. Ritalin is "speed" for children. A chemical amphetamine, Ritalin is
made of controlled substances that would land you in prison if you
sold them to a kid on the street, yet the drug is currently prescribed
to millions of schoolchildren in the United States to treat a "brain
chemistry condition" that was invented by the drug companies.
6. In the 1930's, drug companies marketed amphetamines as
over-the-counter inhaler medicines for treating nasal congestion.
Tablet amphetamines were also widely available in tablet form and
frequently abused by students, truck drivers and other groups.
7. Meth was originally synthesized by chemists and later refined by
drug companies. During WWII, "meth" was actually prescribed to
soldiers by the U.S., Germany and Japan. Even Hitler was known as a
"meth head" by his own staff. By the end of the war, millions of
military personnel were addicted to the drug.
Today, meth ("crank") is made from ingredients found in
over-the-counter cold medicines. While a meth epidemic sweeps America,
destroying entire communities and even threatening some states (Hawaii
in particular), drug companies insist their cold medicines should
remain over the counter and not be classified as controlled
substances. There is currently no legislative effort whatsoever to ban
over-the-counter cold medicines containing the chemicals used to
create meth.
Also related: Coca-Cola really did contain cocaine during its first
few decades on the market (it also contained kola nut extract, hence
the name). Cocaine was later removed from the formula and replaced
with caffeine, a substance that is similarly addictive and serves much
the same purpose.
Once you realize the connection between street drugs and prescription
drugs, it's easy to figure out why Big Pharma is such a strong
supporter of the Partnership For A Drug-Free America -- because they
don't want consumers getting their drugs from street dealers, they
want people buying their drugs from drug companies! Drug companies'
attempts to outlaw street drugs are little more than a way of
eliminating the competition and monopolizing the drug market.
Ultimately, Big Pharma is just another drug pushing cartel that has
the same goals as any drug dealer: Convince customers they need your
drug, get them hooked on it, and eliminate the competition.
The only difference is that Big Pharma has been so successful at
dealing drugs that it has enough funds to buy off Congress, the Food
and Drug Administration and practically the entire psychiatric
industry (not to mention medical schools and mainstream media outlets).
Today, more than 40 percent of the U.S. population ingests
FDA-approved synthetic chemicals manufactured and marketed by drug
companies.
Drug companies think this number is too low. Their goal is to have 100
percent of the U.S. population taking not just one drug per day, but
multiple drugs every day, for life.
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