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...little more than a year ago, with the economy gloomy, I suggested in these pages that we spike the water with Prozac. The Administration chose to invade Iraq instead, which served much the same purpose -- lifting the national mood -- and was probably also a very good thing for the world. (The toll on the Iraqis was horrible, but so was the prospect of Saddam with the Bomb...
...disingenuously named Citizens Commission on Human Rights is a Scientology group at war with psychiatry, its primary competitor. The commission typically issues reports aimed at discrediting particular psychiatrists and the field in general. The CCHR is also behind an all-out war against Eli Lilly, the maker of Prozac, the nation's top-selling antidepression drug. Despite scant evidence, the group's members - who call themselves "psychbusters" - claim that Prozac drives people to murder or suicide. Through mass mailings, appearances on talk shows and heavy lobbying, CCHR has hurt drug sales and helped spark dozens of lawsuits against Lilly...
...nearly 20% over the past six months. Business is also booming at the Massachusetts Psychological Association referral service, where out-of-work lawyers and former bond salesmen seek help in coping with stress, anxiety disorders and panic attacks. Drugstores in the region report brisk sales in Tagamet (for ulcers), Prozac (depression) and Halcion (insomnia...
Unemployment is climbing and inflation rising, but sales of Halcion (for insomnia) and Prozac (depression) are brisk. When the economy slumps, so does the national psyche...
...avert it? My recommendation would be to spike the water with Prozac. Just mix it in with the fluoride. I'm serious! Highly diluted, of course, and tapering off after just a few months, as soon as we get off this gloom-and- doom kick. Because more than we'd like to think, economic and financial swings are creatures of fuzzy, nonquantitative things like psychology, confidence and the national mood...