PHARMOCRACY: How Big Pharma Took over the World
Debbi Silverman, M.D., Certified Wellcoach(R), C.W.C., C.G.P.
Debbi Silverman, M.D., Certified Wellcoach(R), C.W.C., C.G.P.
This multimedia powerpoint details how Carnegie and the oil barons initiated the era of Big Pharma with the Flexner Report, and documents the corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. It's based on the book PHARMOCRACY, by William Faloon of Life Extension Foundation.
Have you noticed how the (legal) Drug Culture permeates everything, everywhere in our society? We’re bombarded with pharmaceutical ads (did you know that ONLY the U.S. and New Zealand, among all industrialized nations, even allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medication?); we pay more for drugs than any country in the world; as of Dec. 2021, “U.S. medical bills and indebtedness were responsible for 66.5% of all American personal insolvencies.” HOW DID WE GET HERE??
Dr. Debbi will present a discussion of our broken Sick Care System, over-regulated by the corrupt FDA, misguided by the CDC and dominated by Big Pharma. She’ll share some history of how this mess started: the Oiligarchy, spawning the Flexner report, commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation… and the insidious eradication of any and all alternative, complementary, eclectic medical schools—any training program that did not support the burgeoning science of pharmacology. We’ll discuss the healthcare politics of legislation that allowed this transformation of American medicine, and horror stories of pioneers in natural healing who have been systematically squelched, suppressed, imprisoned—or worse, depriving untold numbers of Americans from receiving safe, effective, non-toxic healing remedies and even cures. All of which will demonstrate why it is so critical for us to stand up and speak out, to demand action by our legislators—to preserve our very bodily autonomy. Presentation will include several cartoons, video clips, and a song.
Debbi Silverman, M.D., C.W.C., the “Recovering Allopath,” practiced conventional adolescent medicine and family practice (and later, addiction medicine) for over 30 years — but got over it! Passionate about wellness and disenchanted with Sick Care, this former New Yorker has embraced Functional/Complementary/ Alternative Medicine and holistic/energy healing modalities, from hypnosis and cymatics to herbal and homeopathic. She has taught U.C. graduate and medical students, retirement communities, public and professional groups. Her signature MeduTainment™ programs combining performing arts and wellness education have delighted audiences from Ohio to Florida for 30+ years. “Dr. Debbi’s Musical Medicine Show,” a parody of healthcare in Cincinnati and America, has been presented regionally and in the 2005 Cincinnati Fringe Festival of the Arts.