Many people (mostly women) feel compelled to continue taking these drugs to avoid the withdrawal. These drugs are slow poison. For instance, Lyrica makes one susceptible to infections and uncontrollable weight gain - which we all know leads to other, catastrophic medical issues. It has also been shown to cause tumors in mice but faked studies got it pushed through the FDA. As a chronically ill person, I'm starting to feel like Ma Joad reliving Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath. JPS | 8.11.09 @ 9:15AM 1. It's not a socialized medicine bill, take the time to read the language of the bill, you will be able to continue with your current plan, it only provides for those currently without any access to healthcare. This is an on-going huge misconception and misrepresentation by the right...an elitist one at that to say the very least. Do you really want people to keep running to emergency rooms, self medicating from online drug stores, avoiding preventative medical care or dying from inability to pay for medicine or insurance? When the right wing curmudgeons come up with a better way I'll listen and maybe even vote for it. 2. Pig in a poke? How many candidates were there? I saw more candidates than I've ever seen in a Presidential election to date. 3. Anti-white? Please, this is simply ridiculous; he's half white for God's sake. Kindly point them out to me Ben, preferably in context and not out. 4. Jeremiah Wright caters to a specific