[kj] 24 million people... 1 from those here!

[Dick Richey]

Hey, why not just make the plants illegal so that the pharmaceutical
conglomerates (who just count me as a unit...)can repackage the
active ingredients with a patent the medicine fer megabuckage....
Can't have the simple plant competing against the product, can they?



>From: you're going to be an elephant <circuit_bender at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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>Subject: Re: [kj] 24 million people... 1 from those here!
>Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:27:39 -0700 (PDT)
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>compounds.
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>"peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com> wrote:Good speech Javi, but 
>you misunderstood me.
>I realise that alot of the plants come from the Amazon and were
>discovered by the locals who have used them for a long time.
>You yourself said these medicines sometimes worked and sometimes did nt.
>I'm talking about the ability to take these plants and test them in
>laboratories and have the means to turn them into pills that WILL work .
>To take plants and put them through rigorous tests to make sure that
>there are no side-effects , this process can take years. We have already
>seen what effects untested drugs can have on people (Thalidomide)
>I'm talking about taking the raw plants a step further and turning them
>into a mass produced safe medicine. Growing the plants in controlled
>environments.
>That's what I was talking about:medicines, rather than raw plants
>So it is not a case of me being ignorant, it is a case of you not paying
>attention.
>P.W.
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