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Blog Entries by Dr. Peter Breggin from 07/2012

$3 Billion in Fines for Illegal Marketing of Paxil, Wellbutrin and Other Drugs

| Posted 07.04.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Wellbutrin, Pharmaceutical Industry, Peter Breggin, Eli Lilly, Mental Health, Antidepressants, Fda, Abbott Laboratories, Drug Companies, Paxil, Johnson and Johnson, Big Pharma, Healthy Living Health News, Regulation, Healthy Living News

Although it is encouraging to see the legal system to some degree catching up with drug company malfeasance, there are a number of problems with the criminal and civil cases brought by the Department of Justice against drug companies.

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Drug Company GlaxoSmithKline Puts American Values to Shame

| Posted 07.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Peter Breggin, Glaxo, Glaxosmithkline, Off Label Marketing, Wellbutrin SR, Ginger Breggin, Drug Companies, Paxil, Gsk, Advair, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News

The capacity of government and its citizens to sue entities such as pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline for fraudulent practices is a necessary part of the checks and balances needed to restrain personal and corporate greed.

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Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children

| Posted 07.24.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mental Illness, Pharmaceutical Industry, Peter Breggin, Eli Lilly, Glaxosmithkline, Stimulant Drugs, Johnson & Johnson, Ginger Breggin, Drug Companies, Bipolar, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Justice Department, Pfizer, Civil Fines, Paxil, Corporate Crime, Risperdal, Criminal Fines, Add-Adhd, Children and Health, Healthy Living News

The health professions would do far more good stopping the drugging of children than continuing or increasing it. Ethical professionals need to work toward removing children from psychiatric drugs.

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