International Coalition for (medicine) Drug Awareness

a group of physiciansm researchers, journalists and concerned citizens, dedicated to educating about the dangers posed by many Rx medicines

  • … Every year approximately 200,000 die from prescription drug reactions. Another 80,000 die from medical malpractice. 41,000 die in auto accidents.
  • Billions of dollars go into illegal drug issues in this country every year even though far more are dying from legal drugs. Everyone is asking, “Where is the FDA?” Busy approving another new drug? And how many more will die from that one? … (Mission 1/2).
  • Sign our Petition: Abolish Suicide-Causing Anti-Depressants.
  • WARNING: Withdrawal can often be more dangerous than continuing on a medication. Please read this before discontinuing or changing any prescription abruptly.

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Benzodiazepine Addiction – withdrawal and recovery

This web site is dedicated to sufferers of iatrogenic benzodiazepine tranquilliser addiction everywhere. Launched on July 6, 2000 with a dozen pages this site now has more than 1200 pages of articles and information, expert medical documents, news stories and personal accounts. You can navigate this site from the side frame to the left or from the dropdown menu below. A good place to begin is the FAQ Document – « Benzodiazepine Dependency and Withdrawal Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file » … (Mainpage 1/2).

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Teaching a People’s History – ZINN Education Project

Linked on our blogs with Howard Zinn – USA.

  • Why should we teach “a people’s history” instead of the traditional narrative? Here are responses from some of the authors featured on the website and teachers:
  • Howard Zinn: We are pleased to share the keynote address Howard Zinn gave at the 2008 National Conference for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference. He offers clear examples of how history teachers can help students think outside of the box. This is an excellent film to be shown in parts or in full for staff discussion.
  • Teachers: … (full long text Why).

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Transition Network

  • Transition Network’s role is to inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the transition model, creating initiatives that rebuild resilience and reduce CO2 emissions.
  • We have a small handful of staff – 2 full time and 6 part time people – a tatty office in Totnes and a HUGE ambition.
  • Here is a handy who are we and what do we do? document in our resources section.
  • History … (full long text about).
  • See also this Cartoon … and the Blog Transition Culture.

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