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What I'm doing is ethical. Laws that prohibit you from being free with your consciousness are un-democratic. - ANANDA SCHOUTEN, Dutch wholesaler...
...early 1990s people began using such substances as ginkgo, a plant extract, to improve cognitive functions and help stay alert for work and study. Those pills merged with "eco-drugs" into the broader category of smart drugs that are making their way into markets across Europe. Dutch wholesaler Ananda Schouten says France has the most restrictive laws, but looser rules in Germany and Britain have spawned dozens of full-fledged smart shops in those countries. Schouten claims to take a missionary view of his business. "I think what I'm doing is ethical," he says. "Laws that prohibit you from...
While international health officials stress that the majority of gifts are genuine and deeply appreciated, they want to put a stop to donations that may be motivated in part by interests other than those of the recipients. Dr. Erik Schouten, who has worked with Doctors Without Borders in emergency-relief operations from Georgia to Rwanda, contends that drug firms are too often chiefly interested in clearing shelves and saving costs. "Some of these companies are just transporting their problems to the Third World," Schouten says. Moreover, the U.S. tax code allows a write-off of as much as twice...
...proponents pointed out that 18% of the 77 new AIDS cases that surfaced in the last half of 1989 were directly or indirectly caused by IV drug use, and as a result the number of infants born HIV positive during that period has jumped sharply. Says Dr. Jeffrey Schouten, president of the Life Foundation: "If we can even prevent one child from being born infected, it's worth it." During the first week, 62 soiled needles were traded for fresh ones...
HUGO N. J. SCHOUTEN Clarence Park, South Australia...