Vague, confusing title.  Or perhaps intriguing and poetic?  Maybe both?  Neither?   Did you know that 1 in 10 people in the US is taking some form of psychiatric medication?  Did you know that the US is one of only 2 countries in the world that allows direct to consumer drug advertising?  When the Reagan administration was moving to pass legislation to first allow this advertising, the heads of many pharmaceutical companies actually opposed it.  Pharma heads were indeed a different breed at that time.  Slowly, slowly, one small decision at a time, one justification at a time, a whole culture shifts and a whole industry, …..well, darkens. Continue reading →