It should be obvious that something is wrong:

• A Canadian study documented that 12% of emergency room visits were caused by pharmaceutical drugs.
• The study, Death by Medicine, documents that the medical system is the leading cause of death in America. As documented in the study, the real numbers are probably significantly higher, since only a small fraction of iatrogenic damages are recorded.
• Drugs are clearly not seriously tested for safety before release, as the deaths of tens of thousands from Vioxx clearly illustrate.
• Artificial blood has been tested many times on people who have not been informed. All of these tests have resulted in more deaths among those who have received the artificial blood, and the FDA has suggested even more such tests.
• Reports of researchers falsifying data in medical research have become commonplace.
• Obvious and simple techniques to prevent medical errors, like using checklists for supplies during surgeries, are strongly resisted by doctors.
• The FDA, the pharmaceutical watchdog agency, is obviously controlled by pharmaceutical interests. The bulk of its financing is, by law, provided by pharmaceutical corporations.
• Deaths and maiming from pharmaceuticals must reach massive proportions before they're cut off, while a single report of harm from a well-known and commonly used substance, such as a vitamin, results in calls for its regulation.