"Several good friends of mine who are high profile doctors are in the movie, so I'm a little biased, but it's exciting that someone has finely done a movie on the benefits of natural healing and lifestyle change," says Dr. Jeff.
The first half of the film looks at the role the AMA played in demonizing chiropractic therapy. It then takes aim at the link between the pharmaceutical industry and conventional medicine and the supersonic increase in prescribed drugs in the past 20 years, especially behavioral… Show more drugs for children and youth.
According to statistics, Americans are accountable for half the prescriptions in the world even though they make up less than five per cent of the world's population. The insinuation is that many doctors, especially south of the border, are little more than drug pushers and prescription writers.
The pharmaceutical industry is one of the largest single industries on earth. World wide sales topped $839 billion in 2011. That's more than the total gross domestic output of most countries. In 2009 the industry spent $65.3 billion on research and investment, which was less than 10 per cent of gross revenue.
The film places particular emphasis on the fact that the potential side effects of many drugs can often be worse than the condition they are treating. Several individuals in the film blame over-prescribed behavioral drugs on youth suicides.
"Doctored" is an eye-opening documentary that will change your view of western health care and hopefully put you on the path of wellness and chemical independentcy.
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