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by varispeed 892 days ago
It has been known.

The thing with trials is chicken and egg. Big pharma ensures certain drugs are illegal and scientists cannot or have limited ways to study them. Some corrupt government departments even only permit studies if they are going to find out that those drugs are bad.

It's quite a dissonance that people pretend they don't see. Like with cannabis. Millions of chronic pain sufferers say it helps them and then you can look at studies, you can cherry-pick plenty that say it's a placebo.

Let's face it. Scientists, politicians are all corrupt and honest ones can easily get cast out or made fall out of the window.

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> made fall out of the window.

The term you're looking for is defenestrated.

One of my favorite words.