Medicating Normal

Medicating Normal

#Good for profits. Bad for patients.


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1h 16m 2020 HD

One in five Americans is taking a psychiatric drug, including millions of children. Pharmaceutical companies have over-hyped the benefits of these drugs, while hiding the risks and severe side effects including physiological dependence. "Medicating Normal" explores what happens when for- profit medicine intersects with human beings in distress.


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