Why You Should Care About Big Pharma

https://www.projectcensored.org/22-big-pharmas-biostitutes-corporate-media-ignore-root-cause-of-opioid-crisis/

Attached above is the article that began my research in the topic of Big Pharma as a part of an assignment for my Spring 2019 course in Journalism & Democracy. The article begins to dispel the concerns I began to further develop as a part of assignment for the class. BigPharma conglomerates have amassed a massive amount of power not only in the business sphere of our country but have also deeply embedded themselves into the political sphere. In this role of power they have the means and the motivation to influence policy and create opportunities for them to continue to increase profit margins by taking advantage of those who are less knowledgeable and in need of treatment for various diseases and injuries. Not only have people fell to the opioid crisis because of the unchecked business moves groups like these have made but it has affected the greater field of medicine.

The field of medicine has been consumed by the bottom line mentality of large conglomerates and business groups like Big Pharma. As a result medicine has become increasingly focused on the treatment of symptoms rather than the creation of cures. Even if you think about the commercials for the assortment of drugs that are ran on cable television they all list disclaimers that their drug solely treats the symptoms of “insert illness here”. So how have we come to a point where we only accept symptom treaters rather than demanding for medical professionals to find cures for our ailments. Big Pharma plays a large part in this and have fostered this corporate mentality amongst the people that are intended to be the best of us. Although the individual doctors may have our interests in heart as citizens the system is set up so that we are treated and have to return periodically to spend more money just to come back again, creating a vicious cycle that most often afflicts the lower classes of people. This mentality has given way to the opioid epidemic and very few people have taken the time to expose the medical and pharmaceutical industry for the evil they have been doing.