http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/pharmaceutical 2008-11-19T08:49:12Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56605-the-daily-left-october-7th-2008 2008-11-19T08:49:12Z Goleft TV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2zXuX4cJLSM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2zXuX4cJLSM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56605-the-daily-left-october-7th-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68830" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Report Shows McCain's Dismal Flight Record; McCain Health Care Plan Cuts Medicare, Medicaid; Free Drug Samples Don't Benefit Poor Children; Fed Debating On Plan To Buy Corporate Debt; Cartoon by Matt Filipowicz</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56605-the-daily-left-october-7th-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53039--2-billion-a-year-medical-marijuana-turns-a-new-leaf 2008-12-05T10:42:31Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qOT5INUuTYI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qOT5INUuTYI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53039--2-billion-a-year-medical-marijuana-turns-a-new-leaf"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64349" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Starting a certification process to sell medical marijuana, Oaksterdam University is a groundbreaking trade school offering quality training for the cannabis industry.</p> <p>What if we legalized all drugs? <br />http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/WhatIfWeLegalizedAllDrugs.aspx</p> <p>http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53039--2-billion-a-year-medical-marijuana-turns-a-new-leaf">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49140-sleepwalker-mccain-patriot-or-hypocrite 2008-12-05T10:42:32Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oWS5ijLELRU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oWS5ijLELRU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49140-sleepwalker-mccain-patriot-or-hypocrite"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59503" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Obama not only admits to having tried marijuana, he freely admits to having inhaled saying, "that was the whole point." McCain has solemnly vowed to lock up even medicinal pot smokers but regularly uses powerful sleeping pills known to have hazardous side effects. <br /> <br />Patriot or Hypocrite? You decide. <br /> <br />Enjoy this 4 minute spoof from the makers of "American Drug War".</p> <p>http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com</p> <p>ABC News: McCain's Ambien Use - A Security Threat? <br />http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/Story?id=4919842&page=1</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49140-sleepwalker-mccain-patriot-or-hypocrite">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46012-medical-magic-mushrooms 2008-12-05T10:42:32Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yK06bEmk5jI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yK06bEmk5jI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46012-medical-magic-mushrooms"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53371" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>UCLA's Dr. Charles Grob discusses his research into the psychiatric and medical uses of psilocybe cubensis, also known as magic mushrooms. </p> <p>Related: A medical use for magic mushrooms - Johns Hopkins researchers reported in 2006 that the hallucinogen psilocybin, otherwise known as the sacred mushroom, caused a profound mystical experience in the majority of a group of 36 volunteers who took the drug in a laboratory setting. Two years later, the researchers re-interviewed the volunteers and found that the spiritual effects of the experience appear to last for more than a year. - <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2008/07/a-medical-use-f.html">latimesblogs.latimes.com</a> </p> <p>This video is a clip from AMERICAN DRUG WAR: the last white hope - <a href="http://www.americandrugwar.com">www.americandrugwar.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/46012-medical-magic-mushrooms">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44406-john-mccain-rally-12-27-07 2008-10-27T03:30:33Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HPrQnKG0kNU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HPrQnKG0kNU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44406-john-mccain-rally-12-27-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50793" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Rally <br />Concord, NH 12/17/07</p> <p>TRACKING: <br />JOHN MCCAIN: "I want to get costs down. There's 10% inflation in Medicare last year. 10%. No system can sustain itself with 10% inflation..."</p> <p>"I was at a town hall meeting here in Iowa. A guy stood up and said, I love my health insurance policy. I just got a notice that next year my insurance was going up by $800. IT's not the quality, it's the affordability. So we're going to have to do a whole lot of things. Including, giving people a chance to go across state lines to get their own health insurance. Take on the pharmaceutical companies."</p> <p>"Do you know that the attorney general of [Iowa] and the attorney general of the state of South Carolina have both sued the pharmaceutical companies for overcharges of pharmaceuticals for their Medicaid patients?"</p> <p>"Why didn't we know what those costs were to start with? Why did we have to have attorney generals sue?"</p> <p>"Most importantly, I want to give families a $5,000 refundable tax credit that they can take anywhere in America and get the health insurance they think their family needs. I think for the 5 chronic illnesses...we ought to have an outcome based payment system."</p> <p>LABEL: JM IA 12-27 (GR#35) CHDG- Clip B</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/xal56evgos</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/f60cd5c5c4</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44406-john-mccain-rally-12-27-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41672-palestinian-pharmacy-makes-first-shipment-12-june-2008 2008-10-25T03:29:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IPmFucZnMLw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IPmFucZnMLw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41672-palestinian-pharmacy-makes-first-shipment-12-june-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46981" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A rare story of success now marks the Palestinian territories as a West Bank pharmaceutical company has defied the odds and Israeli restrictions. Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh reports from Ramallah on how they became the first Palestinian drugs company to ship its goods to Europe.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41672-palestinian-pharmacy-makes-first-shipment-12-june-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37928-bayer-s-trasylol-costing-1-000-lives-per-month 2008-12-05T10:42:32Z AmericanDrugWar <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OiNbQ-11QU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OiNbQ-11QU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37928-bayer-s-trasylol-costing-1-000-lives-per-month"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42783" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A renowned researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago.</p> <p>http://www.americandrugwar.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37928-bayer-s-trasylol-costing-1-000-lives-per-month">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30388-preview-of-interview-with-scott-tips 2008-10-17T15:31:25Z cmnpenryn <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vn9VBWsjXgU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vn9VBWsjXgU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30388-preview-of-interview-with-scott-tips"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32732" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Go to www.consciousmedianetwork.com for the full interview, FREE!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30388-preview-of-interview-with-scott-tips">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12000-industry-ratings 2008-11-24T02:23:55Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dOiG69LlxKI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dOiG69LlxKI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12000-industry-ratings"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12124" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Americans update their views of industries and institutions, with good news for the restaurant and computer industries and bad news for the oil & gas industry.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/12000-industry-ratings">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9141-will-michael-moore-movie-sicko-push-us-to-fix-health-care 2008-10-14T11:16:41Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aAx2MgL_djY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aAx2MgL_djY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9141-will-michael-moore-movie-sicko-push-us-to-fix-health-care"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9216" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>To promote his new movie, "Sicko," that documents abuses in the US health care industry, Michael Moore gave his first live interview in over two years to HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." That interview left me with important questions about the future of healthcare in the US that I pose with this video. To inform those questions, I refer in my video to the following studies of the US health care system:</p> <p>"How Does The Quality Of Care Compare In Five Countries?" available at: <a href="http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/23/3/89">content.healthaffairs.org</a> </p> <p>"U.S. Health Care Spending In An International Context" available at: <a href="http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/23/3/10">content.healthaffairs.org</a> and</p> <p>"The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States" available at: <a href="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/348/26/2635">content.nejm.org</a> </p> <p>More info about HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" is available at: <a href="http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/">www.hbo.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9141-will-michael-moore-movie-sicko-push-us-to-fix-health-care">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7300-101-east-23-mar-07-part-1 2008-10-14T11:30:16Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FTQQQtOx1co&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FTQQQtOx1co&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7300-101-east-23-mar-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6580" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Teymoor Nabili looks at how the Thai government is butting heads with the multinational pharmaceutical giants.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7300-101-east-23-mar-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7301-101-east-23-mar-07-part-2 2008-10-14T11:30:16Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4WIdL0ha0aU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4WIdL0ha0aU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7301-101-east-23-mar-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6581" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Teymoor Nabili looks at how the Thai government is butting heads with the multinational pharmaceutical giants.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7301-101-east-23-mar-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4386-cap-s-karen-davenport-on-health-care-challenges-in-07 2008-10-15T21:30:23Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zh5yxFA-l5M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zh5yxFA-l5M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4386-cap-s-karen-davenport-on-health-care-challenges-in-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3641" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Center for American Progress Health Policy Director Karen Davenport shares her thoughts on the pressing issues in health policy for 2007. </p> <p>To learn more about health reform please visit: <br />http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/11/health_reform.html</p> <p>To see new polling on health care see: <br />http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/12/wtprw_healthcare.html</p> <p>What if everybody had health insurance? <br />Contribute to the collective genius <br />www.americanprogress.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4386-cap-s-karen-davenport-on-health-care-challenges-in-07">Watch the video</a>