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In today’s episode, we discussed how America’s faced with an epidemic of overmedicating it’s people. The government and pharmaceutical companies put profit over people in an endless cycle that doesn’t give individuals the social care and support we needs to heal trauma.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2025). Behavioral health: Federal efforts to address psychotropic drug use among foster and other children. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-106910
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Music:
"The Sky of our Ancestors" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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