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America's Human Lab Rats

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Jillian Barclay

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Dangerous drugs being pushed on this country's unsuspecting citizens with the help of government? No way, you say?

The pharmaceutical industry partners with the U.S. government by using human lab rats.

Chantix, the popular smoking cessation drug is back in the news as lawsuits against the drug maker mount in both state and federal courts. In 2008, investigations by ABC News and The Washington Times found that mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other violent side effects. Members of Congress called for an immediate suspension of the government tests citing nearly 40 suicides and more than 400 incidents of suicidal behavior linked to Chantix.

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I am an 'older' progressive; a holdover from the hippie generation. I have raised 3 children, am a proud grandmother, and an outspoken political junkie. I have worked in the healthcare field for 30 years, both for insurance companies and for the (more...)

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