Is the government coming for your antidepressants?

Not right now.

Not right now.

Wait, will they?

I don't know.

Let's talk about that.

It's DeBresh Mode.

I'm John Moe.

I'm glad you're here.

All right, let's unpack some acronyms.

SSRIs, selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, an antidepressant drug.

They increase the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

Serotonin helps regulate mood, sleep, and appetite.

11.4% of Americans, according to research that I read, are on antidepressants, and SSRIs are by far the most popular type of antidepressant. Of course, that's 11.4% of Americans willing to

tell a survey that they're on antidepressants, so the real number may be higher. Here's another

acronym, MAA, M-A-M-A-H-A, make America Healthy Again.

It's the mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. That term, Maha, is an offshoot of MAGA, Make America Great Again,

the stated mission of the Trump presidency. The Maha movement believes that there is a chronic illness epidemic in America, that it's

caused in part by processed foods and prescription pharmaceuticals.

Many in the movement believe that autism is caused by vaccines.

There is no credible scientific evidence to support that claim,

but the movement will say that, well, that's because the medical establishment itself is corrupt.

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