So then we are to believe progress is being made by allowing consumers to pick their poison?

We may choose to stay away from medications because there is some evidence placebos are more helpful than the real thing and without the side effects or worse.

Cigarettes help schizophrenics who chain smoke to feel better on their way to asthma, emphysema, oxygen tanks and cancer. Alcohol too provides a temporary respite on the way to cirrhosis of the liver, relationship and employment problems.

My epiphany for the day.