𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 ...

 

As seen that day June 8, 2025 on Main Street in Clifton, New Jersey.

It brings up some issues to discuss ...

First, some rare truth from Chris Rock: "Ain't no money in the cure; the money's in the medicine. A drug dealer makes his money on the comeback."

Verbum Sat Sap. 

Full stop.

The image caught my attention for the play on "main". It's the street, obviously. But it also works to reinforce the prevailing medical centered reliance on pharmaceuticals ... "mainly", that's chemicals. The scientific connection is clear: you get a reading on the bio-chemistry for a particular medical condition, then you engineer chemicals that counteract/restore what is considered bio-chemical homeostasis, the latter which is discovered from samples of subjects without said medical condition.

If you watch any television in the US of A you will see commercials for drugs. Seems every time a commercial comes on for a pharmaceutical remedy it's invariably for a new one. And the names. Let's not even go there. My Barber once said that there'll be an omni-pill one day ... "Copacetic". 

The thing that strikes me most beyond the seemingly endlessly new concoctions is the rendering of potential side effects. The reading of what sometimes can be a list of life threatening side effects is always accompanied by happy imagery and upbeat music. The reading of side effects is a legal requirement. The upbeat visuals and music are there to distract. Positive reinforcement. 

And, notice how depending on the drug, be sure to ask your medical specialist. How many doctors does one have to see? Seems to be one for any and every part of your body and body system. Big pharma ... big money. I understand that they even run trials on existing drugs to see what they do for conditions beyond those originally concocted.

My career in holistic health has at its roots the idea that the Human organism is innately self-regulating, self-organizing, and self-healing. Of course, sometimes a helping hand is in order. In this case I'm all for naturally available remedies. The treasury of plant and herbal medicines is vast. Yet, in the Western world anyway, still a small corner of the medicine cabinet. My particular skill set in with Universal Life Energy and Gravity. Both sustainable and readily available resources for health and well being. 

Remembering when all the talk was about health care reform. Which it turned out to be all about how to pay for the "health care" already in practice. A medical doctor in a NY Times editorial stated, "The American health care system is good at keeping sick people alive".

Yes, let's have reform.