Quackbuster Stephen Barrett and cronies can now use their resources defending against a $10 million lawsuit. Details are available at:
http://www.healthfreedomlaw.com or http://www.savedrclark.org

I thought Steven Barret had been de-licensed...certainly his Canadian counterpart has been criminally charged with stalking a broadcaster who hosted a radio talk show on Alternative Medicine. The Canadian doctor/"quackbuster" is currently under investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the province where I live--and as a good friend of mine who happens to be a cardiologist says, you'd have to be pretty criminal to incite an investigation against yourself by that regulatory body!

Nice to see the tide is turning. Hope Dr. Clark is victorious, as this would be an excellent legal precedent to set.

Divina

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As also mentioned in the Homeopathy Today article, the NCAHF's suit against homeopathic remedy manufacturers was filed in California by attorney Morse Mehrban. Those who live in California can discuss this with their state senator or representative, or California Attorney General Bill Lockyer at: State of California, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 944255, Sacramento, CA 94244-2550. Phone #(916)445-9555; website: http://caag.state.ca.us/piu/mail2.htm

By the way, what's quackbuster Stephen Barrett (retired psychiatrist) up to by being a member of the National Center for Homeopathy?

I had no idea he was a member of the NCH.

Please lets remember he's been de-licensed--that way people will know he has been unethical--unethical enough to be deprived of his right to practice. I've also read that none of the "targets" of his law suits have actually been "served" with any papers--Barrett simply used his access to the media to libel various practitioners, forcing them into situations where they appeared to be questionable.

Hard to believe such a disreputable person could gain the interest of Big Media...but maybe not, since so much of media is owned by conglomerates which include big money pharmaceutical corporations. Sigh. No wonder homeopathy never gets favourable write-ups in the papers. We desperately need an anti-defamation league....with lots of money!

Divina

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Hi J,

I too would like to see homeopaths taking legal action against "Quackbusters" like SB. The problem is, not everyone is as well known and as financially well founded as Dr. Clark. Someone must be standing behing her, or be willing to work pro-bono on her case, because if what she alleges is true, Barrett will have mighty deep pockets.

It is obviously the successfulness of alternative medicine, as well as its popularity, which threatens conventional medical institutions and people like Steven Barrett. That is precisely why so much money is spent trying to portray alternative practitioners as "Quacks". Since we don't have the kind of money in our own institutions, we just can't do much about how we are portrayed by "the media powers that be" using money...so we need to figure out another way. Mass letter writing campaigns which target anyone who portrays homeopaths or homeopathy negatively (like to newspapers who write articles calling MDs who are guilty of malpractice "homeopaths") would go a long way to "educate" people about what homeopathy is really about. AFter all, if a newspaper receives enough negative feedback about negative portrayals, they have to respond--and if they are forced to publish the letters they receive, they can actually be used to educate the public about the reality of homeopathy.

Really, our best defence against "Quackbusters" is a well educated public.

Divina

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Divina, is there more information related to the alleged de-licensing? I hardly think of Stephen Barrett as an ethical person, but I can't conceive how he could lose a license and yet maintain any credibility with other 'flat earthers'.

From the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine website: "Official confirmation of the current status of a licensee can be obtained by contacting the Bureau of*Professional and Occupational Affairs: 124 Pine Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101; (717) 787-8503."

From the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine website: "Official confirmation of the current status of a licensee can be obtained by contacting the Bureau of*Professional and Occupational Affairs: 124 Pine Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101; (717) 787-8503."

Oops, mistaken double post.

Isn't the web great? Here's an e-mail address for Pennsylvania physician license status:

medicine@pados.dos.state.pa.us

Okay--here's my feeling on this...

Why, if a medical society will let you get away with more than murder before they take away a license from a doctor, would someone WILLINGLY give up a license? Particularly since he's made such a huge income from trying to defend his profession from the threat of alternative medicine?

Was it willingly given up, as in: give it up or we'll take it from you? Give it up or we will have to publicize that we've stripped you of it? Give it up or it will appear that you are a paid shill who is in conflict of interest--which would be unethical and contradictory to your professional requirements?

NO ONE is WILLINGLY disbarred or de-licensed. I'm pretty sure there has to be some pretty compelling reason to give up something as lucratively shielding as a medical license, and if it were willingly returned, Barrett's being awfully secretive about it as a fact.

Divina

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