It could only happen in America. Couldn't it?
The answer it seems is NO. The White House are now lobbying the UK for more freedom for Big Pharma to push drugs on you and YOUR children - by direct advertising to people (just like in the US, and look what it did for them) here instead of Doctors only as has been the case up to now and by bypassing the safety net of NICE and going straight to the NHS.
https://www.cia.gov/saynotodrugs/warondrugs.html
DCI Crime and Narcotics Center
The Director of Central Intelligence Crime and Narcotics Center monitors, reviews, and delivers information about international trafficking in illegal drugs and international organized crime to our nation's leaders and law enforcement agencies.
Former Director of Central Intelligence William Webster created what became today's DCI Crime and Narcotics Center in April 1989. The center is staffed by people from the 13 agencies which make up the US Intelligence Community, including the CIA, and from law enforcement agencies.
The people who serve in the Crime and Narcotics Center can never say they have a slow day because the war on drugs and crime goes on around the clock and never takes a holiday. They have a big job, and many people look to them for help.
The Crime and Narcotics Center's staff's many jobs include:
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Estimating the amount of illegal drugs—coca, opium poppy, and marijuana—produced around the world. Their estimates about illegal drugs help our government leaders determine the level of the drug threat to our country and also how committed other countries are to the war on drugs.
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Assisting law enforcement agencies break up drug and organized crime groups
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Helping law enforcement agencies detect and capture illegal drug shipments
By working closely with CIA offices and other agencies on crime and drug issues, the people who work in the Crime and Narcotics Center play a key role in helping destroy many drug and organized crime organizations.
What the Crime and Narcotics Center staff does seems like a lot of work, and it is. Did you know that the men and women of the Crime and Narcotics Center are moms and dads, too? They work hard to protect you and their own children from the pain and sorrow and criminal activities that are often the result of using illegal drugs.
The DCI Crime and Narcotics Center invites you to look at some of its publications about drugs..."
Clearly they don't have the time to spend looking at similar, but PRESCRIBED, drugs and their rates of increase or how it affects the real levels of crime:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51934
"...Noting the millions taking high-powered antidepressants like Prozac, Grossman observes, ''we medicate, incarcerate and police ourselves at rates never seen before.''
Yet, he says, the biggest factor for lower crime rates is that ''we are lying about the data.''
''The ''Crimestat'' program made cops accountable for bringing down crime ... When the NYPD police union went over the data the crime rates doubled in New York City if the proper classifications were applied.''
Other than murder (held down by medical technology), the pressure on the cop on the beat means ''police artificially 'bring crime down' and the root causes of the crime get off scott free, because we cook the books.'' ..."
"...Just a few more examples:
''In 2004, the Policeman's Benevolent Association in New York City revealed officials were ''cooking the books'' to lower crime statistics.''
''Felonies were classified as misdemeanors, rapes were logged as ‘''inconclusive incidents.''
''Attempted murder in a drive-by-shooting where the victim is missed might be reclassified as ''criminal mischief.''
''LAPD reported a 28 percent drop in violent crime in 2005, the same year the department reclassified domestic assaults in which the victim suffered minor injuries or had no injuries.''
Since the FBI NIBRS counts only offense reports, not city charges, serious domestic violence – often tied to pornography use—is magically reduced by a city charge.
''On October 23, 2003, five New Orleans cops were fired for downgrading violent crime states.''
''On January 8, 2005, four members of the Broward County sheriff's command staff were fired. ''Sometimes a suspect would admit to dozens of crimes but only be charged with one.''
''In Atlanta, 22,000 crimes were left out of the crime reports. In New York, the crime rates doubled in a precinct when the proper classification was applied by the police union. The list goes on.''
''The cops try to do their job, but they are handcuffed by some feel-good administrators who will not back them on controversial issues.''
''Compstat relies on intimidation [and some] administrators will not investigate the numbers that make them look good.''
''Everyone is happy except the citizens who get nothing but a false sense of security about the safety of their cities.''