Interview · moment 19 of 21

Overmedication, Adderall, and the Rise of Autoimmune Disease Since 1989

from Bobby & Cheryl | The Tim Dillon Show #360 · #360

4 min

Guest

RFK Jr. details America's overmedication compared to Europe, the explosion of ADHD and benzo prescriptions, and a mysterious spike in allergies, asthma, and autoimmune disease starting around 1989 tied to vaccines, Roundup, and flame retardants.

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  • American drugstores have 10 aisles of medications while other countries have two or three, yet the U.S. remains the sickest country in the world.
  • Tim suggests "we are the sickest country in the world, let's fix that" as an RFK campaign slogan.
  • Nobody addresses root causes of mental health issues—diet, situational factors, clinical problems—so doctors just throw pills at people.
  • The medical and pharmaceutical industries profit from a sick population in a feedback loop: more chronic disease means more drugs to sell.
  • The U.S. issues 120 million benzodiazepine prescriptions, 120 million SSRIs, and 118 million Adderall prescriptions annually.
  • Kids now suffer from autoimmune diseases never seen before—rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus—and peanut allergies appeared ubiquitously around 1989.
  • The explosion of allergic diseases and autoimmune conditions coincided with 1989, when the vaccine schedule exploded, and these conditions are listed as side effects on vaccine products.
  • Around the same timeline, Roundup became ubiquitous, PFOAs were added to children's pajamas and furniture, and cell phones appeared.
  • Children are swimming in a toxic soup: contaminated food, air, and water with impacts on mental health, physical health, and spiritual health.
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