Drug Companies Are Harmful To Society

Drug companies are harmful to society. They release medications that cause severe side effects and, in some cases, death. J Bremner, MD writes, “ …One hundred thousand Americans die every year from medications they didn’t need or that they were prescribed in the wrong way.” (1). But if information is available for all to view on the negative effects of taking medications from drug companies, why keep taking them? In short, the answer is that people are desperate to be cured. Ben Goldacre writes, “We don’t care if the drugs kill us: we want them, because were dying anyway.” (137). Drug companies are unhealthy for those who rely on them and taking the drugs has many bad