No one, including Dr. Joseph Mercola who presented the video below, is out to ban medications even if that were possible. Medication can be a necessary evil for some and it would be unwise to ban pharmaceutical drugs. I believe all if not most physicians would agree with me on this one. What I believe Mercola and other responsible physicians are trying to help others understand is that medication is unfortunately often not used responsibly. For example, antibiotics and psychotropic drugs (mainly antidepressants) are two of the most prescribes drugs on the market. According to Dr. Mehmet Oz, Americans need antibiotics about 10% of the times they are prescribed. Psychotropic drugs, as far as many psychological professionals can see, are never a cure. It is possible to treat depression to cure without drugs (as well as, OCD, ADD/ADHD and many other conditions) but psychiatrists quickly medicate without much thought in this country. This is where I have a problem with medication.
Science tends to be on the side of most naturopathic doctor's practices. Regardless, naturopathic care is made to look as though it is invalid for a variety of reasons. Naturopathic doctors are all trained to prescribe medication in case it is necessary. In some states they are not to prescribe medication despite their training. Most of them almost never prescribe medication anyway, however, the ones that live in the states that allow them to prescribe medication do make use of prescription meds sometimes. Prescription meds, for some, are unavoidable, however, there are ways to decrease the need for it. I believe most people could go through their entire life never needing it. Unfortunately, the Big Pharma will have us believing otherwise and THAT'S where there is a problem.
The following is a presentation that is a great way to present my problem with over-medicating America. I'm sad for the people who still don't see it; for the numbers seem say it all.
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