If you've been reading the Daily Dose (or my newsletter) for any length of time at all, you're already aware of the conspiracy to limit your healthcare choices foisted on us by the crackpots we send to represent us in Washington, D.C... Their goal: Forcing you to submit to the mainstream's hazardous drugs and needless scalpelings - so they can continue to rake in billions of dollars in approval fees, sales tax revenues, and corporate taxes on the industries that thrive on this racket (insurance companies, drug companies, hospital systems, etc.).
In this column, I've tried to sound the alarm about the hundreds of ways - some direct, some downright cloak-and-dagger - that Big Brother has attempted to limit your access to alternative medical treatments and therapies. So far, it has been like the proverbial "death by a thousand cuts."
But to keep things in perspective, so far the "powers that be" here in the U.S. haven't yet really launched a massive offensive against natural or holistic cures. Only a few (like ephedra) have been banned, and some others (like some red yeast rice extracts) forced to withdraw from the market because of their chemical similarities to certain prescription drugs...
There are reasons why we're not in an all-out war over alternative medicine treatments right now. Among these are the facts that drug makers are still raking in huge profits on almost every pill they can make, insurance companies are still finding that they can force the cost of medicine higher so they can jack up premiums, and there are still enough sick people to fill the schedules of every wet-behind-the-ears doctor they can ram through medical school. But that could all change any day now - especially if alternative therapies gain much more market share.
Currently, half of all Americans use some form of alternative (also called complementary) medicine - whether it's chiropractic care, natural hormone replacement, nutritional therapy, or the use of aggressive dietary supplementation with vitamins, minerals, or other substances. And according to Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., a friend and trusted colleague of mine, such a fight for medical rights may soon be upon us, if what's happening in his home state of Washington is any indication of things to come. Keep reading...
Washington's ironically named Medical Quality Assurance Commission has launched simultaneous investigations into a third of the doctors comprising that state's membership of the American College for Advancement in Medicine - the largest holistic physicians group in the nation, with over 1,000 members. The inquiries stem from a single complaint by a patient against a holistic physician (a bona-fide M.D., like myself) who dared to suggest that he undergo a course of harmless electro-dermal stimulation to help desensitize his body to the food allergies that plagued him.
Mind you, the patient didn't actually RECEIVE the low-voltage EAV procedure, only a recommendation and demonstration of it... Yet once the Washington MQAC got wind of this, they lowered the boom on this poor doc - leveling at him charges of professional misconduct, intrastate and interstate commerce violations, plus an unreal charge of "moral turpitude."
That's right - the same label pedophiles, sex offenders, and prostitutes get! What's even more mind-boggling than these nonsensical charges is what they've done to this doctor's practice, reputation, career, and livelihood.
To recap, merely for suggesting to a patient a treatment for food allergies not sanctioned by the mainstream (electro-dermal stimulation, or EAV), this conventionally trained M.D. has been charged with unprofessional conduct, commerce violations, and "moral turpitude" - the criminal equivalent of being a sex offender!
Keep in mind that this treatment, though not conventionally accepted and not guaranteed to succeed, is nonetheless harmless and as far as I know, has not been banned by the FDA or any other regulatory agency and is completely LEGAL... But that didn't stop the Washington state MQAC (pronounced "M-quack") from slapping the wayward M.D. with a 5-year suspension of his medical license - even though the "moral turpitude" and illegal commerce charges were dropped soon after the investigation into this hapless healer's practice began!
As well, the fines and penalties levied against him remain in force throughout the appeals process, which will likely take years. Beyond this, the Commission (which is convened without ANY representation from the holistic medical community, of course) is requiring that the good doctor meet with them every six months to prove he's practicing their brand of medicine - plus provide proof that he's treating his allergy patients without employing his EAV device.
Does this sound fair to you? I mean, are mainstream doctors threatened with license suspension for prescribing deadly drugs like Vioxx? Are they charged with immorality for hooking our kids on ADHD meds and antidepressants? Are they pounded with fines and penalties for deceiving us into believing that chemotherapy will help us to survive cancer?
As usual, the holistic approach to healing is crucified for not being scientifically proven effective 100% of the time, and mainstream treatment is NOT held to account for "cures" that kill and main us by the hundreds of thousands per year. Yes, it's business as usual in the hallowed halls of "medicine." But there's a way to fight back against this double-standard. Keep reading...
It's especially disconcerting that this kind of persecution of conscientious healers is happening in Washington state, a region known to be sympathetic to alternative medicine (as is the entire west coast). Indeed, Washington and Oregon are home to more naturopaths per capita than any other U.S. states...
But there's hope. If enough people raise enough of a stir, it's conceivable that Washingtonians could force the passage of a law similar to that which not long ago passed the Alaska state legislature: A bill aimed at protecting alternative doctors from unwarranted sanction by the medical establishment - including the state's medical board. The same goes for other states.
Even if the bureau-fat-cats in your state aren't yet loosing the dogs of war against naturopaths in your state, they will as soon as they start smelling the money that's increasingly headed the way of alternative doctors... Make no mistake, a war over medicine is coming. I believe that this Washington affair will indeed prove to be the first shot fired in a long and bloody (literally) conflict between the pill and scalpel medical establishment and the centuries old - yet in some ways cutting edge and brand new - science of natural healing.
If you want to get a jump on things to help fortify the natural position, call or write your representatives, or even your governor. And if you want to help out naturopaths in Washington by relaying your positive experiences with EAV or other alt-medicine treatments to those accountable for this current witch-hunt, contact: Washington State Department of Health, Health Professions Quality Assurance P.O. Box 47865 Olympia, WA 98504 (360) 236-4700 hpqa.csc@doh.wa.gov
This is a fight we should make, folks. All across the nation. NOW. To read more about the persecution holistic doctors in Washington are facing, go to http://www.wrightnewsletter.com and click on "WAR on holistic MDs."
Doing my part - to save medicine's heart, William Campbell Douglass II, MD
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