Depression Manufactured

Gary Greenberg: "Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease"
Is depression manufactured? Two decades after the introduction of antidepressants, it's become commonplace to assume that our sadness can be explained in terms of a disease called depression. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 14 million Americans suffer from major depression every year and more than three million suffer from minor depression. Some 30 million Americans take antidepressants at a cost of over $10 billion a year.
Gary Greenberg argues that while depression can be debilitating, it has also been largely manufactured by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition with a biological cause that can be treated with prescription medication.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/1/gary_greenberg_manufacturing_depression_the_secret

Why So Expensive?

http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-our-drugs-are-so-expensive.html

Uh, Duh. . .

Clinton admits US blame on drugs
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says huge demand for illegal drugs in the US is partly to blame for gang violence in Mexico.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7963292.stm

Marchers Blocking MX-US Border

Marchers block Mexico-US border
Hundreds of Mexicans block crossings into the US in protest against the deployment of the army to fight drug traffickers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7896094.stm

DEA Out of Bolivia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7704528.stm

Ay, Caramba! Bush in Brazil

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15archive/&entry_id=14220
[then google protests and marches. . .]