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Hey, Friend. Here are recent highlights from the Stay Free blog. For 
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http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org

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ADVERTISING'S CHEMICAL IMBALANCE

Is depression really the result of a lack of serotonin, as drug ads 
claim? Not according to scientists in the field. The recent PLoS 
Medicine journal documents the misleading claims made in 
advertisements for Prozac, Celeza, Zoloft and other SSRIs...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/ssri_drug_ad_my.html


FIND OUT WHY NO ONE WILL LEND YOU MONEY

If you haven't yet heard about a new government law requiring the 
three major credit reporting companies to provide a free credit 
report to U.S. citizens once a year, well, now you have: 
AnnualCreditReport.com allows you to get up to three free reports, 
one each from Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/free_credit_rep.html


INTELLIGENT DESIGN FILM FROM THE 1950S

The Kansas Board of Education voted to include "intelligent design" 
in the science curriculum in Kansas schools. But "intelligent design" 
has been taught in schools across the country since the late 1940s - 
courtesy of the Moody Institute of Science (division of the Moody 
Bible Institute), which released evolution-denying science films to 
schools...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/the_return_of_i_1.html


MERCK EXECS GET A JURY OF PEERS

Whenever a verdict that makes no sense is handed down, one's instinct 
is to think that the jurors were stupid. It usually isn't true; the 
facts are often complicated and the reported version of the case is 
frequently different from what the jury saw. Rarely are we given 
concrete proof that the jury was a collection of unforgivable morons. 
Enter the latest Vioxx jury...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/merck_vioxx_jur.html


STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE IN LEATHER

A French company recently petitioned the EU intellectual property 
court for a trademark on the smell of strawberries...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/trademark_straw.html


MARTHA STEWART LIVING, INDEED

Fresh out of prison, Martha Stewart has designed the ultimate 
consumer product: an entire Martha Stewart subdivision...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/stewart_home_ma.html


SAVED PREMILLENIALIST CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T DRIVE

I'm sure everyone here has been driving and seen the bumper sticker 
that reads "In case of Rapture, car will be unmanned." While this 
never fails to inspire some very action-movie style daydreams and 
exciting video game premises, it also brings up a far more practical 
issue: should saved Christians be allowed to drive?
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/saved_fundament.html


THE NEW PURITANS

Move over metrosexuals, a new movement is afoot: "The New Puritans: A 
generation of young, educated and opinionated people determined to 
sidestep the consumerist perils of modern life. So if you own a 4x4, 
spend all your time shopping, or are simply overweight - watch your 
back."
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/new_puritans.html


PhRMA'S LATEST FICTION

If I made stuff up like this, no one would believe me: The 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) recently 
commissioned a novel that purported to scare people out of getting 
their drugs from Canada.... but, wait, it gets better. The author 
assigned to write the book, Julie Chrystyn,  turned in a draft that 
didn't suit the suits...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/drug_novel_phar.html