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Marianne Williamson Is Right: Anti-Depressants Are Over-Prescribed; Suffering Should Be Conquered, Not Masked

Marianne Williamson Is Right: Anti-Depressants Are Over-Prescribed; Suffering Should Be Conquered, Not Masked
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson prepares for a television interview after the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Mich., on July 30, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Trevor Loudon
Trevor Loudon
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Democratic Party presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has set off a storm with recent comments to BuzzFeed News that anti-depressant drugs are being overused to treat normal human responses to adverse circumstances—what was once referred to as the “blues” or melancholia.

Trevor Loudon
Trevor Loudon
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Trevor Loudon is an author, filmmaker, and public speaker from New Zealand. For more than 30 years, he has researched radical left, Marxist, and terrorist movements and their covert influence on mainstream politics. He is best known for his book “Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress” and his similarly themed documentary film “Enemies Within.”
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