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Greeks Panic As Drug Firms Slash Medicine Supplies By 90% On Bad Debts
Greece is facing a serious shortage of medicines amid claims that pharmaceutical multinationals have halted shipments to the country because of the economic crisis and, as The Guardian reports, concerns that the drugs will be exported by middlemen because prices are higher in other European countries. Rubbing further salt into the Greek (un-medicated) wound, the Red Cross slashed its supply of donor blood to Greece because it had not paid its bills on time. Pharmacies in Greece describe chaotic scenes as clients desperately search from shop to shop for much-needed drugs. Greece's Pharmaceutical Association said "around 300 drugs are in very short supply," adding that "It's a disgrace. The companies are ensuring that they come in dribs and drabs to avoid prosecution. Everyone is really frightened." The fear for the multinationals remains that wholesalers can legally sell to other nations at higher prices and a "combination of Greece's low medicine prices and unpaid debt by the state." Lines form early and 'get very aggressive' one pharmacy exclaimed, "We have reached a tragic point."
Via The Guardian,
Greece is facing a serious shortage of medicines amid claims that pharmaceutical multinationals have halted shipments to the country because of the economic crisis and concerns that the drugs will be exported by middlemen because prices are higher in other European countries.
Hundreds of drugs are in short supply and the situation is getting worse, according to the Greek drug regulator. The government has drawn up a list of more than 50 pharmaceutical companies it accuses of halting or planning to halt supplies because of low prices in the country.
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Separately, it was announced on Tuesday that the Swiss Red Cross was slashing its supply of donor blood to Greece because it had not paid its bills on time.
Chemists in Athens describe chaotic scenes with desperate customers going from pharmacy to pharmacy to look for prescription drugs that hospitals could no longer dispense.
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"Companies are ceasing these supplies because Greece is not profitable for them and they are worried that their products will be exported by traders to other richer countries through parallel trade as Greece has the lowest medicine prices in Europe," said Professor Yannis Tountas, the president of the Greek drug regulator, the National Organisation for Medicines.
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The body representing pharmacists, the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association, confirmed the shortages. "I would say supplies are down by 90%," said Dimitris Karageorgiou, its secretary general. "The companies are ensuring that they come in dribs and drabs to avoid prosecution. Everyone is really frightened. Customers tell me they are afraid [about] losing access to medication altogether." He said many also worried insurance coverage would dry up.
"Around 300 drugs are in very short supply and they include innovative drugs, medications for cancer patients and people suffering from clinical depression," said Karageorgiou. "It's a disgrace. The government is panic-stricken and the multinationals only think about themselves and the issue of parallel trade because wholesalers can legally sell them to other European nations at a higher price."
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"the reasons being a combination of Greece's low medicine prices and unpaid debt by the state", he said.
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"Lines will form in the early morning or late at night when you're on duty," said Karageorgiou, who is based in Thessaloniki. "And when the drugs aren't available, which is often the case, people get very aggressive. I'm on duty tonight and know there will be screaming and shouting but in the circumstances I also understand. We have reached a tragic point."
Greece's social insurance funds and hospitals owe pharmaceutical companies about €1.9bn (£1.6bn), a debt going back to 2011, with companies expecting payments of €500m this month.
Some companies admitted they were not supplying some medicines.
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The pharmaceutical industry says many shortages are because of products being exported through parallel trade, and has urged the government to address set drug prices. Under EU trade rules, the free movement of goods is allowed. So for example, while a pharmaceutical company may sell a medicine to a wholesaler or pharmacist in Greece, the wholesaler or pharmacist can sell these medicines on to wholesalers in other countries. Parallel traders do this to make money on the price differences between countries.
"The government needs to correct these wrong prices to avoid a surge of exportation. Greece's drug prices are 20% or more lower than the lowest prices in Europe," said Konstantinos, who is also the general manager of Novartis in Greece.
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Looks like I picked the RIGHT day to quit doing amphetamines...
The future of Obama care...
If you are a prepper, this is why meds are at the top of your list, right under water source.
"The problem with socialism is that, eventually, you run out of other peoples money" - M Thatcher
as opposed to fascism where a select few just print it out of thing fucking air to continue the theft of assets of real value. Wake the fuck up moron.
The end result is the same. Moron. No free lunch.
And I think you meant to say "Thin" fucking air, although the concept of air doing that is something new to me?
blood for blood...
that is how it goes til one side gets low or run out of blood...
Correct. fuck the motherfucking paper-pushers, time to return compensation to those who's labor is of real fucking value, that's the bloody point the dumb fuck above fails to get. Fuck him and any other paper-pushing fucks. Tick tock, bitchez.
Translated into daily language, I think you meant to say, with the expletives deleted, "The workers need to revolt (Although many would say they have always been revolting) and rise up against the capitalist swine" Or something like that. Cuba awaits you. No, wait, North Kores ia a true workers paradise..
Wrong. It's really fucking simple. That which cannot be sustained, won't be. The cognative disonance of the earth is frightening considering how fragile the supply chains really are. Time to thin the fucking herd and there are lots of over-compensated fucks in all countries. Humanity isn't just another ponzi, it's the ponzi.
All eCONomies are really local (especially when the supply lines break). Get your tribe in order and hedge accordingly (it's all you can really do anyway).
Thanks. As I sit here on the beach in Bali enjoying an after dinner glass of wine, I do hear what you are saying. Although not entirely convinced....
BTW, I started with nothing and retired at 50 so don't give me any Socialist shit..
Good for you. My tribe and I will be just fine. Unless you are growing your own food and have a security team that can drop potential threats at 300 yards, enjoy that wine while it's available. I have two colleagues with such plantations/teams in barbados already. The point being that regardless of how successful you have been in the past. All paper promises will be worthless in the not so distant future so hedge accordingly.
Actually, Barbados is quite a long distance from Bali. But, Yes, we do do have extensive lands here upon which to grow food. And do.
Sounds familiar. Simon Black, dat you? ;-)
You stole John Romero's plot. Give it back!
PS: Those security teams will drop your colleagues at 0 yards should they turn their backs. Tribalism ain't nothin' to fuck with and you don't know the first thing about it.
Feel free to start the thinning with yourself....My untrained assesment of your attitude is that you are one of the type of people that got us into the f'ing mess...
Hey Greek peoples -
let me simplify things for you....
either hang the bankers and your government they control or live like the serfs and suffering slaves your have become...im all out of empathy for you...
the bankers must be eradicated.............................
"Physicians" in the middle ages used leeches as part of blood letting therapies as a main staple of their medical tool kit.
Now, the fiat banksters use this method as part of their economic liberty repression toolkit.
There were many types of healers in the middle ages. Clinical Physician is a very new practice, the idea of ancient Greek philosophers practicing 'medicine' is very misunderstood. They weren't doctors, they were mad scientists.
Most people understood though there was always someone kicking about that had lore or the touch. Even something like modern dentistry isn't founded in the medical field. Traditionally it was the local black smith that performed tooth pulling and haircuts (or made and sold the tools to perform the tasks).
People are going to have to learn how to identify people that have the knack.
I always thought 'practicing medicine' was an accurate statement.
They are 'practicing'.
Tell me when you are done practicing and have it down, until then keep 'guessing' you mother fuckers.
"Medicine is an art. Science is merely a tool"
"People are going to have to learn how to identify people that have the knack."
No one ever did before. Come now, surely you know the failure rate was absolutely atrocious and successes were accidental and miraculous.
"Greek people...either hang the bankers and your government they control or live like the serfs and suffering slaves your have become...im all out of empathy for you..."
Wouldn't that be the German banks? I mean who enabled them to be in dedt in the first place? German banks in the eurozone are the equivalent of the Fed in the US. They continue to "bailout" Greece through bond roll-overs.
Harbinger (of truth): Yup, you got it! The idea (for the Dealer) is to swap debt (bondage) for more debt (more bondage), until you take everything 'they' (Addicts) got, and enforce your worldview upon them. /Ah, I love the smell of fiat-capitalism in the morning. Smells like victory. /sarc
Veni, Vidi, Vinci - Julius Ceaser
Vidi, Vinci, Veni - Euro banksta gangsta
The socialists are money-printers too.
Wake the fuck up moron.
You're a smart guy, LoP. Too bad you're also an asshole.
I was hoping you'd eventually get over it. So far, no progress.
Being a "nice guy" does not lead to any real change or solutions. Just ask any successful business owner. Life is hard, get the fuck over it.
I see... the virtue of being an offensive asshole.
"Oh, I am sorry, did I offend you? Oh and another thing, fuck you!" - Suicidal Tendencies
Another political correct douchebag. Go fuck yourself, maybe you needed to be offended.
Wake the fuck up to the socialized/fascist disaster that America has become asshole. How much do we spend on killing (military) and supposedly saving (healthcare) compared to everyone else in the fucking world?!?!?!? fucking idiot. Yet another walking contradiction.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
just observing for 56 years and i see that people with the most money are without a doubt people i don't want to be like. yea they are fucking asholes, big fucking time, just the nature of greed that seems to cnsume certain fuckheads. moar is never enough, and ultimatly they use their booty to gain ever increasing lust for power. the checks an balance are not working(limited government-thank you supreme court for uphold the constitution, oh and a corp is an individual-ya sure)...
Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? Because somebody takes up a particular position on one side of a corrupt, oppressive system, that will oppress you both equally, he is now your enemy?
Look at how easily we allow ourselves to succumb to the divide on conquer.
1. The cute line about "Socialism is..." is a good punch-line, IF we actually had 'socialism' AND we had honest money. We have neither.
Instead of 'socialism' or 'capitalism', we have a Crony Capitalism or a feudal Plutocracy. No "money" is being stolen from the rich to support the poor, as the whole monetary system is totally FUBAR. Don't forget that! When 'confetti money' is created out of nothing, giving confetti money to the poor and rich distorts everything. The poor spend it on basics to survive, the rich spend it on acquiring more real (primary and secondary wealth) assets. Thus the wealth-transfer process continues -- per the Rothschild brilliant plan: "Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws".
2. No need for two smart guys to be fighting with each other -- a 'bad hair day' notwithstanding. While the peons (dumb or smart, ignorant or informed) squabble, the rich get richer -- they just keep transferring real wealth from your pockets to theirs. That's why...
"That's why I'm richer than you are." - Jamie Dimon
Right. The peoples money going to multinationals.
Really start investigating natural ways of curing your disease instead of using artificial drugs that cause more problems than they alleviate.
The problem is the psychotropic drug withdrawal which will cause many mass causalties. Of course, the gun ban will help in this matter .../sarc
Look up Effexor withdrawl, it can range from light neuropathic problems and lethal.
It's now an acceptable treatment for childhood ADHD, like being fast and smart has been a problem for the human race. It's all so amazingly crooked.
I've lived without PhRma products for decades, the "need" for these things in most cases is entirely psychological.
Speaking about that, isn't it going to be fun times when American addicts of cognitive dissonance suppressors all get forced into withdrawal at the same time?
same here. Have not seen an MD in a decade or longer. Maybe take an advil a couple times year.... otherwise, went totally holistic and have a much higher quality of life than before. The medical system is part of the matrix, used for mental and physical control. How many sheep are totally owned because they are terrified of losing their health insurance? In reality that insurance is a total waste as it secures, at great cost, harmful "treatment" that actually works against your well being (with the possible exception of traumatic injury care). If you can't see that, you are trapped in the mind control.
Nothing that good excerise, good food and voracious reading habits can't cure.
Crohn's disease, lactose intolerance, celiac disease, Schogren's Syndrome, Tay-Sachs' Disease - all can be cured with your wisdom? That's fuckin' news to me. Sounds like you're confusing "cure" with "treat", like a fool. At least the allopathic doctors are honest when they admit they can't cure virtually anything, unlike you.
The US is going to do the same without the burden of joining the euro. All it takes is a socialized medicine law.
The US already has socialized medicine. In fact, more federal dollars are spent per capita than Europe.
Bingo, the commentor above is another classic walking contradiction. Time to start believing your "lying eyes". How much does the U.S. spend on saving (healthcare) and killing (military) people compared to the rest of the world again? Stupid fucking sheep.
Rhetoric is not your strong point, stick to short, curse-laden, self-righteous rants informing us of how superior you are.
When obscene amounts of fiat currency aka 'money' is flowing within the system and more is added each month, the greed principle goes unchecked. It is not constrained by the usual checks & balances of a healthy economic and political system. In the sick economy, the 'money' is just moving from one bubble to another, thus inflating 'asset' prices, and thus creating a series of 'rackets', rather than growing businesses.
Thus Education and Health have gone from a "national interest", to becoming a "business", to becoming a "racket". Be it the education business/racket or health/sick business/racket. It's all a racket now. The proof is in the pudding: The stats of highest per capita spending resulting in lowest health and education stats in the industrial/western countries is indicative of this FUBAR situation in the US.
Thank the guys who removed all the checks & balances in the system, and the idiots who voted them in. Who was it again who said that a republic dies when politicians figure out how to promise people stuff with their money? Yeah.
"If you are a prepper, this is why meds are at the top of your list, right under water source." -TideFighter
Whether you are a prepper or not, among the highest priorities should be to reduce your vulnerability to, and dependency on, the sick care system. Having a healthy diet and lifestyle is no longer only a desirable objective, it will detemine your survivability.
It is counterproductive, expensive and a waste of time and resources to stockpile drugs.
They have a limited shelf life, have serious side effects, and 90% of them are merely maintenance drugs for chronic disease.
Instead of antibiotics, stockpile a couple bottles of CS. Maybe have a couple bottles of advil, vitamin d and a multi vitamin.
But stockpiling drugs is a waste of time and resources.
Spend that time instead on finding ways to NOT need drugs.
pods
Pardon my ignorance, but what is CS?
Sorry, Colloidal Silver. Potent antibiotic. Have not seen any effect on viral pathogens, but for bacterial it is much better than antibiotics.
To protect against viruses, I would have on hand a green tea supplement and Vitamin D. There are compounds in green tea (EGCG the most well known) that are potent anti-virals.
pods
Thank you.
Oil of Oregano is among some of the oils that have natural antiviral/antimicrobial properties (this is supported by both the "expert" medical journals as well as centuries of Eastern medicine).
Don't disagree with your tenor, but... Until I see more than folklore on the effectiveness of CS against serious infections (real, not 'sponsored' studies please!), I'll stick to having some of both. And I'll cycle the pharma inventory as required. Just to manage risk, since I am not a dogmatic or B&W kind of thinker.
Yep, all the millions walking around without thyroids thanks to MTC and PTC should really get off their lazy asses and find some way to stop being so dependent on big-pharma. Buncha idiots!
You're being just a wee-bit simple-minded and it's not flattering to your intelligence. Such people will die within no more than a few months and there is not jack and/or shit any supplement or holistic bullshit can do about it. Wishing does not make it so.
Speaking of preppers. While looking for a course at a vo-tech yesterday, they literally had courses on just that. About 6 of them. Gun safety & concealed permit certification.
If you are a prepper, this is why meds are at the top of your list, right under water source
Or, here's an idea - live your life so you minimize or eliminate your need for prescription drugs. Most drugs are either unneccesary (acid reflux, cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, ADHD, etc.) or can be reduced or eliminated through lifestyle changes.
I'm glad you're not my doctor, or a doctor at all. I'll use the acid reflux example. Severe acid reflux is a debilitating disease. Untreated it can lead to esophageal cancer, which will kill you if not treated. For mild acid reflux you can take calcium carbonate or bismuth subsalicylate or sodium bicarbonate-potassium bicarbonate-anhydrous citric acid, which can be stockpiled, but which it is possible to OD on - and destroy your stomach.
The ignorance of genetic and epigenetic pathology on ZH is astounding.
You're stuck in the medical matix. Try HCI in the middle of ur meal. Acid reflux is do to too little acid & lack of digestive enzymes. Eating raw foods helps. Eating a bit of raw potato everyday will help build up the mucosa that's been destroyed by the reflux. Otherwise it just progresses.
Gave some to a friend that suffers from it & has a hiatal hernia also. Bi-carb of soda also helps & is a whole lot cheaper.
Krugman just tweeted this was bullish for Greece recovery!
Print more drugs quickly.
I do feel sorry for the people who need certain very beneficial drugs; albuterol for asthma comes to mind. The side benefit though will be all the people who can't get most drugs that are truly unnecessary. Hope that word filters out with time.
This is THE TIME to get into the smuggling biz between Greece, Cyprus, etc.
Long G&A or Swords & Spears. If the Greeks still know how to use any of these.
Uh, referring to drugs which manage a condition, unless these very poor people suddenly and radically change their lifestyles (in ways they cannot afford to), those conditions will simply get worse.
Fuck the drug/poison business.
And the blood? I give for free and they sell it for big bucks. Scam fuckers.
Let the greeks give their own blood?
Wow, the price of Valium has had to quintuple on the streets of Athens.
Generic Valium is about $20 per 5000 tablets FYI.
What good is it doing Greece to be on the Euro at this point? How much worse can it get for them?
The 300 must be rolling in their graves.
And the current ones in the WhoreHouse (Vouli) are expected to Join them any moment soon. By hanging
This is madness.
based on the amount of courage these current Greeks have shown im beginning to believe that the "300" was a myth...
just sayin Greek people.....
Time for a history lesson, the Spartans were totalitarians the likes of which are unequalled in human history. If they're rolling their graves, it's because Greece is infinitely more free and liberal and tolerant than they would ever have tolerated.
I agree. The problem is Geece holds a lot of German Euro debt and the day greece leaves the euro is the day the German banks realize a lot of losses.
My hunch is the gov't knows this and it's only a matter of time they get another bailout.
Exactly!. And to smooth the transition from Euro to Drachma, I say we send over the legendary economic transitioning team, the Kruganke twins, Ben and Paul...on the condition that they never send them back.
Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button Max"
But they have turn the corner right?????
Wait...so are we back to Greece being NOT fixed? Or is it fixed, but fixed like Italy? And how does Spain fit in again...other than right next to Portugal...whose debt just went parabolic...after a few months ago being lauded for its austerity?
Can someone put out a flow chart on this fixed/not fixed thing...as I am having a hard time following the TRUTH of the matter, what with the global oligarchy bending the MSM over day after day, and using it as an instant messaging system to the uninformed.
Thnx.
That which cannot be sustained, won't be. Here's looking at you Mr./Mrs. baby boomer.
I'm a "Boomer". ALL my meds are illicit and illegal. Thank God the the 30 year War on Drugs is working out so great.
I know many boomers who "grow" their own meds. Imagine that, an individual centered solution.
Imagine that, the generation which gave us the War on Drugs was a bunch of f'in hypocrites who wish to apply a double-standard (and they still vote as a block against decriminalization/legalization, shocking). Whocouldanode?
I hope you're not lumping ME in that "bunch of fucking hypocrites" statement, because I, for one, have ALWAYS subscribed to the ideal of Live, and Let Live. What someone, anyone wants to do with their life is their OWN business, as long as it doesn't infringe on MY fucking right to do the same. The decriminalization of pot, would go a long way in relieving the stress and overwhelming cost this world faces, besides just doing the right thing, ie., illegal herb vs. legal alcohol. The taxes gleaned from legal pot would give a hefty shot in the arm of OUR ailing country. Besides, it would definitely subdue the rage we are seeing today from all of the people losing against the system. Fuck it, why waste my breath. Color me High, Armed, and Happy.
Time won't be waiting for you either.
"What, me worry?"
A Greek proverb
It is??
hemp is easy to grow... so is poppy... [just watch out for the drones whicj will be sent to kill you for cutting in on their profits]...
But the Choomwagoneers-In-Chief around the world will only allow for roundup ready, GMO seed to be legally planted, with massive criminal and financial penalties for defying the Monsanto, Carghill, et al OverLords.
Molon Labe
This will become a large liberty issue soon enough as boomers have a lot of votes.
Cue Monsanto "Round Up Spraying Drone Fleet" to initiate litigation against farmers whose crops have been cross-pollinated with Monsanto GMO-seed via the wind from nearby Monsanto-planted fields.
When is Monsanto coming out with "Irradiation Roundup"?
When is Monsanto coming out with "Irradiation Roundup"?
All papavers contain opioids and many varieties and colors are available for your garden. Local plantsmen and nurseries will to glad to sell you a few nice specimen plants. Grow cannabis and maybe a drone will fly up your ass.
Maybe they'll find some monkeys up there...
Weird, I was talking about this drug/hospital situation just a few days ago with my friend... he didn't believe me...
I remember reading one article that says if you have a broken bone, the doctors can set it for you, provided you procure the plaster for the cast.
Another article said hospitals forced patients to clean their own room/bathroom because they didn't have the money to hire/pay staff to do it.
I don't think they have this problem in Iceland.
How long is this BS going to go on?
Great business opportunity for Chinese, Indian and Russian pharma companies.
Until the war starts, or some bankers start getting hung from bridges. My guess is the former comes first.
Wow. You actually have to pay the Red Cross blood money...
Big pharma long the sov greek CDS in their cash mgmt arms?
Wish the language here would clear up. "economic crisis" bullshit I'll bet if you went down the docks and tried to exchange a few cannisters of gas for fish, the "economy" would work just fine.
There are fewer medicines in Greece for those who were relying on government to foot part of the bill because the government ran out of money. Just say it, "the government ran out of money". There, isn't that bettter? And if you had enough money, you could probably get any drug on the planet even into the most remote Greek inlet. Its the "relying on the government' part of the thing that isn't working so hot.
Statists are winning because people repeat slogans.
Way tocut the bs. +1
The avatar and the word "cut" shouldn't be used together.
...maybe bs stands for ball sack...
The government can't really run out of money until the economy "runs out of productivity" seeing as governments have an unlimited present and future claim on all economic productivity in their polity. They ran out of money because the economy ceased to be productive AND they happen to have entered into an arrangement whereby they can't just debase their currency at will. Silly Greek government.
Damn..looks like I need to add viagra to my list of things to stock up on before shit hits the fan and we are all Greeks.
Are you willing to trade for gold/silver? Viagra will be a great barter item.
This is no Shazaam! moment. the Greeks are 3+ years behind in paying for pharmaceuticals. They paid for them last year with government bonds that were worth 0.60 on the dollar. This is just the next step down the road.
So how long before the scummy politicians, their banksters friends and big pharma get charged with MURDER??? Because that's what they are doing to hundreds if not thousands of people by cutting off medicine supplies.
Draft the people who need medicine right now or are gonna die and send them to off politicians and banksters. They have LITERALLY nothing to lose.
That second thought was interesting. But they can take even in death, I'm afraid. And your family will be the ones that pay.
But the drugs are being paid for or subsidized by the government, and the government has run out of money. Are you suggesting the pharma companies just give their drugs to the Greeks? Or maybe the Germans and Austrians could pay higher prices so the Greeks can get their meds for free? Why don't some enterprising Greeks set up their own drug manufacturing companies inside Greece? All these stupid fucking sheeple worldwide blinking their eyes in disbelief - just because some dickwad politician promises you a benefit doesn't mean they can pay for it.
I'm just saying the Greek government should stop subsidizing those drugs immediately and cut whatever is necessary in the budget and pay the hospitals bills to make sure people don't die.
What I think the Greek goverment should do is to make a list of the drugs that are truly necessary to keep people alive and put all of their drug benefit resources into those drugs. And then eliminate government subsidizes for all the other non-life-sustaining drugs. People would realize pretty quickly that they really can live without the "purple pill"
Only if they get their stupid fucking government out of the way can enterprising Greeks start to do anything other than be thrown in jail for trying to be enterprising, and international medical aid including donated medicine can begin to arrive.
Competing with the government's monopoly on healthcare is a felony. Socialized medicine is great!
Send that asshole Bloomturd over to Greece. He's great at rationing shit!
New York City to Restrict Powerful Prescription Drugs in Public Hospitals’ Emergency Rooms - NYTimes.com
We tossed all that shit out of our emergency rooms in Canada like 7 or 8 years ago. Emergency emergency...I'm in pain for some unknown reason!!! Ya OK.
"Looks like I picked the RIGHT day to quit doing amphetamines..."
And don't call me Shirley...
Greeks -
Depose your government. Elect either Syriza or Golden Dawn or quit whining. Seriously. This is just getting annoying.
Syriza AND Golden Dawn are PART of the system. The First is stuffed full of ex-PASOK Shit. and the Former are the Dogs that bark but don't Bite. The Greeks are fooked either way, unless they do a Bepe Grillo. And Lastly but not least hang all the current Greek Politicians, and I mean ALL, and the Former ones
I am in full support of any party, either establishment or non-establishment that would bring down the Euro Ecosystem.
No fucking kidding. The Greeks re-elect the Euro-whore lackeys and then complain when things don't get better. Hey Greeks, grow a sack and re-declare your independence.
1st world
2nd world
3rd world
Then there's Greece, 4th world.
Today my boss asked me a question.
It was like:
Boss: You did drugs when you where young right?
Me: How do you mean?
Boss: You know, weed and stuff.
Me: well...
Boss: My kids told me he's smoking weed...
Me: Oh! that's not a bad drug, it's actually healthy and...
Boss: And now he said he wanted to grow some plants because it's to expensive....
Me: well it's not that expensive, it's only....
Boss: He's growing the entire greenhouse with these plants...
Me: Well... that's euuuhhhh.....
Me: Maybe he want's to be a entrepreneur?
Boss: glass look....
Me: Well... it's not as bas as long as he doesn't start taking pills and stuff so...
Boss: glass look....
I FOUND THAT SO FUNNY!!!
Me: Well... it's not as bas as long as he doesn't start taking pills and stuff so...
Or he ends up in prison for 25 years... and his whole family too since it's their home.
Wrong country. War on Drugs is an export from the US that many countries just don't want.
So, what will the drug companies do when the rest of Europe and the US are burinng? Will they cut off drugs to the rest of Europe and the US as well.
Seems counter-productive to their business plan.... lol.
Life saving medicine will always be available for a few ounces of silver....
and who doesn't own silver these days?...
Silver salts are also an excellent disinfectant. (expect some skin discoloration)
Well, the brilliance of Big Pharma is that once you start a lot of these drugs you can never stop them or really bad things happen to you.
A world hooked on drugs. History will note that the Opium War II began in Greece.
"I learned it by watching you!" Parents who use drugs, have children who use drugs.
Is there anything the 1980's can't teach us?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5XakEKSIaM
Must be genetic. Parents who inherit wealth have children who inherit wealth.
It doesn't always work that way...
At least the greek market is up.....
We are all getting a fantastic glimpse of what we can expect from Obamacare in the not so distant future.
Note to Greeks: (allegedly) Rockingfellow family or associate on boards at 80+% of big Pharma. Now you know who to blame??
Look, a rockingfellow down arrow! Hey, your grandad was brilliant, you all, not so sure that's the case. Reap your whirlwind motherfuckers!
Let's see: First they lowered the price of their products far below that which others had to pay. Then, the beneficiaries of this artificial giveaway would not even pay the lower price, and stiffed them for billions of $$$.
So...how are the pharmas at fault here?
And, the other big problem is that the Greek government is fixing the price of drugs at 20% lower than surrounding countries. Gee, what could possibly go wrong with doing that in a small country next to lots of other coutries and drugs are small and easy to transport? You can make a 20% profit by selling your Greek drugs in the next country over. Idiots.
They probably cart out their MPs once a week to do the whole "EEEEEVIL SPECULATORS" speech, only about drugs and gov bonds instead of gasoline.
If the people actually paid for the drugs the supply chain would not be broken because that money would get to the suppliers. The reason this is a problem is that the people expect to get the drugs for free, with the government paying the suppliers and social insurers. Sort of like where Obamacare is heading.
Larouche was on to something about globalization.. 40 seconds to 1:40 ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHxcwE6Q7ag
awesome, thanks for the link....
This is why Dimon is richer than you - Sociopathic scum bag. Hope he burns in hell.
Jamie Dimon fucks super models, drinks $5000 bottle of wine, and vacations in places that you will never see. He can afford the best possible medical care and is protected 24/7 by armed body guards. He will die peacefully in his sleep on his private island, and he will regret nothing because he is 100% sure that he is better than you. That is reality.
No drugs or modern pharmaceuticals? Everyone will be so much healthier.
Those who aren't dead!
How many are gonna die from this?? Are many are gonna be prosecuted for murder because of this? If you answered ``several thousands`` to the first question and ``ZERO`` to the second question, you would be right.
Single market, bitchez