Do we have the facts about HPV vaccination and cervix cancer (cervical cancer)?

I guess it must be about five years since the frenzied idea of blanket vaccination of very young girls first surfaced. I appreciate the devastating reality of cervical cancer, but we need to have the facts for decisions like this, and in the instance I describe in the following paper we did not.

Shame on the authorities - whom we trust to lead us responsibly - for blindly accepting unvetted the influence of multinational corporations with profit motivation. I meet parents of girls in my travels around the world who are passively letting their young daughters be vaccinated, telling me "because 'they' said it will stop cervix cancer"...

The Cost of Complacency: Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

Elvis Presley,Kurt Cobain,Janis Joplin,Jimi Hendrix,and Michael Jackson to name but a handful; and now Amy Winehouse.The death list of popular idols grows, and these ones are just from the 'Recording' arm of the Entertainment Industry alone. The Entertainment Industry's "See No Evil" response to their contracted Artists' problems with alcohol or other drugs has to be brought into check. It is heart-breaking to see these troubled human beings being milked like a commodity cow while they obviously are not capable of making healthy choices for themselves. Is it possible to have conditions of self-care included in their contracts; perhaps under the heading of "Safety?"

Political correctness in the guise of human rights might arguably be the first deadly overdose for these artists - and society in general - preceding the alcohol and other drugs.

Yet I wonder, are we, Society, any less guilty of the "See No Evil" artificial ignorance by way of our complacency when it comes to holding our politicians responsible

What are we doing right about Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse?

Where are the billions of dollars going in the struggle with Alcohol and Other Drug abuse. Changes in views have broadened Government response in many countries. I wrote a follow-up essay to "Up Your Alley" (featured in the post above this one). It doesn't have all the answers but it might give ideas that stimulate some thought of your own. It's called "The Best Defense."