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You've found the blog of Jere Matlock, a web designer and writer. This journal is mostly about writing, web design and getting sites to the top of the search engines (SEO is my business). It is also full of opinions and observations about pretty much everything. If these things are not of interest to you, feel free to go now. Go on, shoo! Still here? If you have something to say, post a comment or send me an email. To subscribe to my feed, use this button: By the way, if you feel like taking offense at something posted on this site, go right ahead, it won't bother me a bit. Kingsley Amis has a nice quote about that, in which I take solace and some pride when the flames arrive: "If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing."  |  |  | |
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JMBlog Archive for November, 2008Generation Rx - Film ReleasedWednesday, November 19th, 2008Kevin P. Miller, the writer/producer/director of the documentary film “Generation Rx“, wrote me today to let me know that the film has been released and is available for purchase at that link. I’m buying one now and will review it here on jmblog.com, so stay tuned if you’re following the threads on this site about psychiatric drugging of our kids and the violence it causes. 31 Kids died from taking RisperdalWednesday, November 19th, 2008From 1993 through the first three months of 2008, 1,207 children given Risperdal suffered serious problems, including 31 who died. Among the deaths was a 9-year-old with attention deficit problems who suffered a fatal stroke 12 days after starting therapy with Risperdal. At least 11 of the deaths were children whose treatment with Risperdal was unapproved by the F.D.A. Once the agency approves a medicine for a particular condition, doctors are free to prescribe it for other problems. Psych drug firms then market heavily to MDs (not just to psychiatrists) so that they will prescribe the drugs for “off-label” usage, … Soldiers killed by psych drugsThursday, November 13th, 2008According to the Veterans Administration 83,000 veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan have been diagnosed with PTSD — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The vast majority of them are prescribed a cocktail of potentially lethal psychiatric drugs. One such was Corporal Andrew White, who was taking Proxetine, Clonazepam, and Quetiapine - and died in his sleep as a result. He’s one of at least four veterans who have died similarly in West Virginia alone. This epidemic of deaths from psych drugs among veterans is just the tip of the iceberg. Cpl. White deserved better. If you or anyone you know is … Open Letter to Governor Tim Pawlenty re psychiatric abuseMonday, November 10th, 2008November 8, 2008: Dear Governor Pawlenty - One of your citizens there in Minnesota, a Mr. Ray Sanford, has been forced to undergo weekly electro-shock therapy (ECT) for several months, against his will, by court order, on an outpatient basis. Will you please investigate this abuse of his human rights and common decency? According to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, passed in 1948, every human on earth (much less Minnesota) has the right not to be tortured or made to endure treatment he does not want: Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall …
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