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Death by Prescription Pad — Big Pharma Killed My Mom
I’m convinced my mom’s Alzheimer’s was fueled by the pharmacy
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“Nobody loves me, what’s happening?” my mom cried in a low, deep, emotional sob I’d never heard before. My heart broke with every word.
“That's not true, Mom,” I replied, trying to hold in my tears “We all love you dearly, but there is a bad disease going around, so the hospitals are all locked up.” I tried to convince her, and myself, that the world falling apart around us was normal. It was not.
As I hung up the phone, I broke down in a hysterical sob while standing in my Guatemalan kitchen. We’d barely been here two weeks. Just a few…
