As reported here. Long time readers of this weblog will also be familiar with this item, which reports on the connections of the Bush Family to companies like Eli Lily
The tax dollar funded mental health screening programs popping up in every corner of the nation represent an enormous gift to Big Pharma from the Bush administration. After all, drug companies can't push drugs without a lucrative customer base, so the screening programs are a great solution for that little problem.
On April 29, 2002, Bush kicked off the whole mental health screening scheme, when he announced the establishment of the New Freedom Commission (NFC), during a speech in New Mexico where he told the audience that mental health centers and hospitals, homeless shelters, and the justice and school systems, have contact with individuals suffering from mental disorders, but that too many Americans are falling through the cracks, and so he created the NFC to ensure “that the cracks are closed.” [...]
According to the results of a 2002 survey of recently trained child psychiatrists, in the Journal of American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, nine out of 10 pediatric patients under their care were treated with prescription drugs.
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The fact is, when Bush took office, he owed Big Pharma a lot favors in return for all the money he raked in from the industry and the mental health screening scheme represents a major part of his efforts to cover those debts.
The financial backing that Bush received from Big Pharma is legend and it's safe to say that he would not be sitting in the White House today without it.
An extensive detailed report
The satirical wit will say that this is means to ensure that liberalism as a mental disease is cured in our lifetime.
Your milage may vary.
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