DRUGS (CONT)

While American soldiers spill blood abroad in the name of democracy, democratic principles are being shredded here at home. The right of habeus corpus has been abridged. Torture is countenanced at CIA-run "black sites" around the globe. Incarceration for years without access to lawyers, let alone trials, has become commonplace. And now, with the PREPA, we have blanket immunity for a major industry, an industry that has endangered the health of millions of American children and brought untold grief to millions of American families.

It's worth considering why the drug companies feel they need such treatment. Is it because they have known for decades that their product is harmful? As we learned with Big Tobacco, denial is the first defense.

Eventually, the truth will come out about mercury and the depravity of injecting a neurotoxin into the bodies of infants and toddlers. The question is: how many more children will be made sick before the leaders of the country get their priorities straight?

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