U.S. Infants Prescribed Antipsychotics; Drugsters Fined Billions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

U.S. Infants Prescribed Antipsychotics; Drugsters Fined Billions

The doctors—WHAT were they thinking? And the parents? They weren’t. Was it a case of, “please make my baby stop crying so I can sleep?” I guess the marketing works.

Why have Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Children Skyrocketed?
By Dr. Mercola
Thanks to aggressive marketing techniques, pharmaceutical companies are raking in profits from atypical antipsychotic medications – drugs originally approved for mental illnesses that are as serious as they are rare.
It’s no surprise then that a major portion of the sales of these types of “hard-core” psychiatric drugs come from off-label uses. Drugs such as Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and Abilify are now increasingly prescribed by psychiatrists and primary-care doctors to treat conditions they were never intended or approved for, such as:

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• Anxiety
• Attention-deficit disorder (ADD)
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Behavioral problems, and
• Insomnia
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Illegal Marketing Largely Responsible for Skyrocketing Misuse of Dangerous Antipsychotics in Children
Most of the atypical antipsychotics were approved in the 1990′s, at which time they were reserved for a very small minority of serious mental illnesses; primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – diseases afflicting an estimated three percent of Americans. More recently, some atypical antipsychotics have also been approved for the treatment of severe depression. Shockingly, children as young as 18 months are now receiving antipsychotic drugs, despite the fact that the diseases they’re designed to treat rarely develop before adolescence.

Drug makers are increasingly getting caught in the act of illegal marketing of this class of drugs:

• In July, GlaxoSmithKline was found guilty of the largest health fraud in US history, and was fined $3 billion after pleading guilty to three counts of criminal misdemeanor and other civil liabilities relating to a number of different drugs, including Paxil and Wellbutrin
• In June, Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $2.2 billion for illegally marketing its drug Risperdal
• In 2009 Eli Lilly was fined $1.4 billion for the illegal marketing of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa
• Bristol Myers Squibb was fined $515 million in 2007 to settle charges of illegal marketing of Abilify to child psychiatrists
• Pfizer paid $301 million for illegal marketing of its drug Geodon, and
• AstraZeneca has paid out $520 million to settle illegal marketing charges of Seroquel

In each of these cases, the drug manufacturers were targeting children, despite the fact that none of the drugs in question were approved for use in that age group. To understand how effective these illegal marketing schemes are, consider that sales of antipsychotic drugs to children have increased eight-fold since 1993. Sales to teens have quintupled, while adult sales doubled in the same time frame. In 2008 alone, an estimated $6 billion was spent on off-label antipsychotics in the US, of which $5.4 billion was for uses based on uncertain evidence!
According to the featured article in Time:
“There is much evidence that the vast increases in atypical antipsychotic prescribing in recent decades were fueled by the aggressive marketing tactics of drug companies. In recent years, every major manufacturer of atypical antipsychotics has been involved in the illegal marketing of the drugs (while doctors can prescribe drugs off label, it is against the law for drug makers to market them for off-label uses), each ultimately paying hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in fines for their sales and marketing tactics. The settlements with the U.S. government were among the largest in history.”
“Trends Signal Need to Re-Evaluate Clinical Practice Patterns”
A recently published study found that nearly two-thirds of all antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children between 2005 and 2009 were for the treatment of ADHD and other disruptive behavior disorders. In teens, 34 percent of all antipsychotic prescriptions were for these conditions. These are astounding statistics when you consider the fact that there’s virtually no data supporting the use of these kinds of drugs in children, or for those conditions. The authors seem to agree, concluding:
“In light of known safety concerns and uncertainty over long term risks and benefits, these trends may signal a need to re-evaluate clinical practice patterns.”
According to Time:
“‘As the actual evidence base that would support [such off-label prescriptions of antipsychotics] is scant to non-existent, and the evidence of permeating undue influence of pharma on prescribing practices in psychiatry is abundant, one is led to the conclusion that this is another example of irrational prescribing that can be traced to both the overt and tacit influence of [drug companies] on practitioners,’ says Dr. Bruce Perry, a senior fellow at the ChildTrauma Academy…
Perry testified for the state of Texas in a case that resulted in a $158 million settlement with Johnson and Johnson in January to resolve claims that it fraudulently marketed Risperdal and swindled the state’s Medicaid program. One aspect of the case involved misleading claims about the drug’s effectiveness for behavior disorders in children.”
The Hidden Cause of Psychiatric Disorders Almost No One Considers
American children are the most medicated children in the world. For example, they get three times more prescriptions for antidepressants and stimulants, and up to double the amount of antipsychotic drugs than kids from Germany and the Netherlands.
How can we, as a society, continue to allow corporate profits to come before lives, and even before children’s lives?
It’s just not right. I don’t even advocate giving children cough syrup, Tylenol or antibiotics, as these alone can be harmful. But when you’re talking about powerful psychotropic, mind-altering drugs that in no way shape or form even begin to address the underlying cause of the disease. You’re entering an entirely different ballgame with these dangerous drugs. Unfortunately, psychiatric conditions are primarily believed to be the result of chemical dysfunction in your brain, or in some cases hereditary and therefore out of your control. Many fail to realize that:

1. Your lifestyle can override genetic predispositions, and
2. Your lifestyle can be a major underlying cause of that chemical imbalance or dysfunction.

If you or your child is suffering from an emotional or mental challenge, please seek help, but do so from someone who does not regard psychotropic drugs as a first line of defense. It will be very helpful if you first optimize your or your child’s diet and lifestyle as this will significantly improve the likelihood of any successful natural intervention.
Read the rest…
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THERE IS A UNDERGROUND WAR GOING ON FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TAKEOVER OF AMERICA AND OBAMA'S GOALS OF A COMMUNIST MUSLIM NATION

While returning our rental car to the airport here in North Carolina Saturday, my husband and I passed a convoy of about 20 military hummers that were strange in appearance. On the side of them it said MILITARY POLICE. The lead car had these shields (3-4) with these radar-looking things on the left and right side of the front windshield and I wondered how in the world the driver could even see to drive. There was a place on the top of the hummers for a large gun, but there wasn't any guns there. I was so taken back at actually seeing this! I was driving West on I-540 about 75 mph, had just picked my pet up from the kennel and she was all over me, so I could not take photos.

Later when I got home, I contacted a military friend of mine who is very knowledgeable and vocal about what is going on in the military right now. I described to her the odd looking hummers. She said the shield/radar looking hummers were for crowd control and emitted ultrasonic high pitch sound that numbed the brain and basically left you confused and not knowing who you were for a few days. She said at very high pitches, the sounds were fatal. The guns for the hummers were also for crowd control, but they were lethal. They are called heat guns and can be used on crowds. They basically burn your internal organs without causing any external damage to anything else. She said these guns were carried on the drones also and could kill people in their homes without causing any damage to the exterior of their homes. The drones could basically fly over someone's house that they wanted to get rid of and not cause any damage to their home...no one would know. She said the military has a lot of "star wars" weapons. This info comes from believers who are file clerks, pilots, weapons testers, etc., and there is a bond of secrecy between them. She said currently the military is going around and asking soldiers if they are willing to do whatever the military asks them to. Some have said no. Some have been arrested and discharged from the army, especially outspoken ones. She said they are withholding her husband's military pay and several others in the military who are being outspoken. This is a close friend of mine; please pray for her and her family. We need to lift up our military personnel because they are undergoing persecution right now. I have a feeling that people with no consciences are going to do some horrible things against Americans in the not too distant future.

This was from another friend who has inside connections:

THIS IS 100% ACCURATE. THERE IS A UNDERGROUND WAR GOING ON FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TAKEOVER OF AMERICA AND OBAMA'S GOALS OF A COMMUNIST MUSLIM NATION. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ARTICLES POSTED REGARDING MILITARY TRANSPORT OF LETHAL WEAPONS, TANKS, ARMED HUMMERS ETC. NOT TO MENTION THE AMMO PURCHASES BY THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OBAMA WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT HE WILL START A CIVIL WAR FIRST.

This information came from trusted, reliable sources, and you may make of it what you will. Those who are in Christ have no reason to fear, as He is with us, come what may. However, we should be prepared. People in America have no idea what true persecution is, and I believe that it's about to become very real. I will stand for the truth and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter what. I will not be silenced, and I will not relent. They can take my body, but they will never take my soul. It belongs to the LORD Jesus Christ, bought and paid for by His precious blood. I am ready for anything, my prayer is that you will be too.
http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/just-e-mail-friend

Shocking JFK deathbed confession by insider! (John F. Kennedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-ijCjBqdg&feature=player_embedded

Jesse Ventura, former governor, exposes the conspiracy behind the JFK murder through the deathbed confession of a high ranking CIA agent who was directly involved in the incident. The assassination was planned at highest hold of the Government with several high ranking politicians and governmental employees involved. Is there a present connection between those now in control, from Obama and back through, Bush (I & II), Clinton, Gerald Ford to Nixon and those who were responsible for ordering the removal of John F. Kennedy? The secret tape recordings of the confession will stun you and expose the conspiracy for what it really was all about!

Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura JFK assassination deathbed confession part 2 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWqJ0guPdMc&feature=player_embedded#!

The Shape of Things to Come: "South of the Border Down Mexico Way"

The Shape of Things to Come: "South of the Border Down Mexico Way"

 | By MG Paul Valley (US Army Retired) and Tom Marin, Contributing Editors and Bob Beauprez, Editor-in-Chief

At the Intersection of Fast & Furious: Crime, Big Money, Drugs, Radical Islam, International Socialism and Infiltration

The absurdity of the current policies of the White House, State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice, clearly indicate aiding and abetting sabotage against our country by enemies, both foreign and domestic, in order to destabilize and incur harm on our country, each state, and all our citizens as well as reduce our overall ability to respond to critical events as an entirely alien system of government is implemented.
With the recent news reported by the Washington Examiner of the Obama Administration's sealing of the court records of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder case we can only conclude that this blatant act is a cover which by doing so, sounds an alarm that more conspirators are involved and larger agendas for sabotage and subterfuge of the American way of life are in play. It is quite clear that the international sharia socialists (ISS) in the WH, State, DOJ, and DHS engaged in the cover up as the history of their acts of omission in their process of sabotage combined with this recent act of commission violates the oath every law enforcement and public official take.
What is amazing is how this recent news lines up with Hillary Clinton's small arms agenda at the U.N., the rise of Iranian insurgency via the drug cartels in Latin America, and the embracing of the Muslim Brotherhood as a key component of both American Foreign and Domestic Policy.
On the day he was murdered, Agent Terry, walked into a much larger conspiracy to undermine the safety and security of the United States of America and the freedom loving people of the world. In his death, Brian sent a clear message to us where to look, and he was sold out by his own management and the cover up became "political." That is criminal.
How did we get here and where are we going on the road to nowhere? The answer is the same: the way Mexico has arrived, only they are in the last stages of the plan for control and internal and outside forces are actively involved.
History points to the same game plan: The Zimmermann Note was a telegram intercepted by British Intelligence from the German Foreign Minister, Arthur Zimmerman, to the German Ambassador to Mexico on January 19, 1917. At that time, the world was already engaged for two years in WWI and was divided into multinational allegiances. The goal of the German strategy was to neutralize the USA either by subjugating commercial shipping to massive submarine warfare or have Germany bankroll a Mexican insurgency into the USA.
The Zimmermann Note reads:

"On the first of February we intend to begin submarine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America."
"If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement."
"You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the President of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate between Germany and Japan."
"Please call to the attention of the President of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months."
"Zimmermann"

As in "Mahmoud Zimmermann" – Judging from the recent Iranian Naval warfare maneuvers in the Straits of Hormuz with the goal of disrupting worldwide economies, one can clearly hear the voice of Dr. Gordon Prange stating history is relevant and history repeats itself. We can conclude that it is the same blueprint being used for a 3rd time, and who knows where the road goes?
Current events now draw a direct parallel to a well-funded strategy of infiltration to destroy the social, political, and cultural fabric of nation states worldwide in order to implement a new economic blueprint and management system of control.
In addressing a recent meeting of The World Affairs Council of San Antonio, Mexican Newspaper magnate and CEO of the Mexico's largest newspaper, Grupo Reforma, Alejandro Junco del la Vega stated that "systematic breakdowns in Mexico's society and institutions underlie the violence that mars daily life in that nation and the same breakdowns prevent democracy in Mexico from fulfilling its promise of freedom and hope for Mexicans, building a mentality of despair that fuels the drug trade and organized crime" as reported by David Hendricks – San Antonio Express-News.
In his testimony before Congress on October 4, 2011, Updating US Policy to Counter Threats of Insurgency and Narco-Terrorism, DEA Intelligence Chief Rodney Benson stated that "Of the Mexican Drug Trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa cartel has the broadest reach into Europe, Australian and Asia. With over 43,000 deaths, Mexico is in the fifth year of war against the drug cartels, with the Sinaloa cartel, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, striving to consolidate his cartel's power over the Zeta, Tijuana, and Gulf Coast Cartels. It is very apparent that the Sinaloa Cartel intends to become part of the international supply chain for product and services and that requires financing operations.
So what did Agent Terry walk into on the day that he was murdered? Maybe we should look into what Zimmerman "noted": the financial funding.
Maybe Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, can shed some light as to where all these drug running "entrepreneurs" bank. Could it be Holder's favorite, Wachovia, and others?
On March 16, 2010, Wachovia Bank entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Justice Department and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency including $160 million in assessed penalties. In the agreement Wachovia admitted to years of violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, used to track and deter money laundering by the drug cartels, which requires that financial institutions file reports and notify the Treasury Department of all financial transactions over $10,000 (31 CFR 103.22).
In the plea agreement, Wachovia admitted to willfully failing to maintain an anti-money laundering program from 2003-2008. During this time period Wachovia failed to monitor more than $420 billion in financial transactions with the Mexican currency exchange houses. It should be noted that in the court documents, Wachovia was aware as early as 1996 (there's that magic year again) of its risk exposure and allowed the wire transfer of funds to worldwide recipients.
Also, the criminal investigation uncovered that Wachovia, Bank of America, American Express International, and HSBC financed logistical operations for cartel narco-trafficking. Furthermore, notification must be given by filing a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) (31 CFR 103.24) if the value of any account in a foreign country in which each person or bank subject to the jurisdiction of the US exceeds $10,000.
As part of the Obama Administration's "plea deal" and special treatment for the banks that suffered under TARP, the charges against several banks were consolidated under Wachovia which later merged into Wells Fargo. What happened to the criminally negligent executives? Why were none of the individuals that approved the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars prosecuted? With all their expertise, fiduciary obligations, and experience, were they just unaware?
Agent Terry was the one who was actually unaware as he walked into one of many international business transactions involving the Main Street Mega-Banks of the U.S. that have been converted, "changed", since 1996 and are now part of the new Banking and Financial corporatism that fully supports the global supply chain for the largest conglomerate to supply "controlling substances" (WMD) in the new global system.
In any good "partnership" with common agendas, side agreements can be easily implemented and bolted on to existing revenue streams to increase the ROI and provide for better risk management in order to control costs. As reported by Fox News, a third gun belonging to a confidential informant inside a cartel was recovered at the murder scene. What was it doing there? The court records have been sealed as well as the judge's order. This blatant obstruction of justice in regard to a criminal murder investigation points directly to aiding and abetting "criminal elements" in a foreign country for a much larger agenda.
This agenda includes interfering in the internal domestic affairs of a foreign country for the purpose of assisting in the movement to consolidate the power of the emerging Sinaloa International Conglomerate with its banking and financial partners, as well as to assist in Hillary Clinton's U.N. Mothership Agenda21 and the implementation of the U.N. Small Arms Treaty by manipulating the numbers like any good "trader" would do.
It should be noted that the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel's wife, moves about freely across the borders and recently gave birth to twins in Los Angeles and have attained US citizenship through the provisions of the 14th Amendment. It seems to be the same modus operandi as the Red Chinese "baby flights" to California.
Agent Terry probably was also unaware that forfeiting our American identity for a one-world-government U.N. identity was the real objective of this Administration. Maybe this explains why Hillary Clinton is silent about the Fast & Furious scandal and Agent Terry's assassination?

It is quite apparent that narco-terrorism has become an "unofficial" international business that is being used successfully as a tool to infiltrate the institutions that del la Vega warned about. Agent Terry and the history of German Intelligence Operations point to something much larger…a new economic blueprint and a new system of management and control brought to you by your very own government and other related third parties.
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Paul E. Vallely (MG, US Army Ret) is a Contributing Editor to A Line of Sight, CEO of NEMO Arms Inc. (New Evolution Military Ordnance), and Chairman of Stand Up America.
Tom Marin has spent his life as a student of history and foreign policy; working to implement its lessons and avoid the mistakes. He has successful careers in the private sector, specializing in telecommunications, and also distinguished service at the Pentagon. He is also a member of Stand Up America.

Protocol Implementation Proceeds

BREAKING NEWS: Protocol Implementation Proceeds

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Sunday September 2, 2012
Protocol Implementation Proceeds
By Tom Heneghan, International Intelligence Expert 

Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy

UNITED States of America - It can now be reported that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy confirms that Spain's Bankia has received the $5 billion euro wire transfer.

Note: This is Stage 1 in the final implementation of the Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocols.

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy is now ready to reject any further ECB (European Central Bank) aid, given the implementation of the Protocols will end the need for any more central bank hocus pocus (note: unacceptable borrowing costs).

Jens Weidmann and Francois Hollande
left Reuters, right AP

Rajoy just finished a conference call with the IMF (International Monetary Fund), French President Francois Hollande, German Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann and ECB President Mario Draghi.

Item: It was made clear to Draghi by these officials and it has been made clear to Draghi by his own ECB fellow members that he can not proceed with any new alleged stimulus without the approval of the Bundesbank, the German Supreme Court and the International Monetary Fund.

It is clear now with the final implementation of the Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocols proceeding the ECB as well as the U.S. Federal Reserve become a mute point.

P.S. At this hour, we can divulge that Scotland Yard has developed new evidence linking FOX News and Bloomberg News London based offices to phone hacking of both UK financial regulators and London LIFFE Exchange members.

Evidence also links both FOX and Bloomberg to insider trading tips and electronic front running.

Question: What happens when hot air goes hybrid?

Quoting none other than a Bloomberg News financial analyst "...when the hot air goes hybrid the hot air balloon runs out of helium..."

In closing, at this hour Bloomberg News is busy trying to leak an unemployment report that doesn't exist yet.

Finally, happy Labor Day to all.