Conventional medicine is so worried about losing credibility that it is now fighting against itself in vicious turf wars. The latest battle was in Louisiana, where the American Academy of Family Physicians (a lobby for the American Medical Association) lost a brutal fight against psychologists. In Louisiana, psychologists with special training have the right to prescribe mind-altering drugs.
Heres what the medical opposition said in it is losing battle: Were talking about very strong drugs, and were dealing with patients with very serious problems, said Dr. Michael Fleming of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The Academy contended that the 20 hours of training given these non-MDs was insufficient for such powerful drugs.
Well, I agree. However, the Academy needs to take a good look in the mirror. When you look at the hours of training in this narrow class of chemicals, I bet the psychologists actually received more hours of training per psychoactive drug than most MDs ever do for the litany of drugs on the market.
The position of the Academy is bankrupt as far as I am concerned. They are not trained to evaluate the terribly powerful and toxic chemicals they fill bodies with. And they do not have a clue about multi-drug interactions. Otherwise, drug-induced deaths would not be the 4th leading cause of death in the country.
The moral of the story is — find alternatives to prescription drugs. There is almost always one available. Conventional medicine is in growing disarray and you do not need to be a victim of it is confusion.