FROM YEARS AGO, TO THE 50'S-70'S, MEDICAL RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED ON PRISONERS BY VARIOUS RESEARCHERS AND MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. INMATES IN THE RESEARCH WERE EXPOSED TO CARCINOGENS, RADIOACTIVES, HALLUCINOGENS. EASY TARGETS FOR SUCH WITH LIMITED RIGHTS, NEED FOR MONEY, AND THE GREED OF EXPANSIVE BIG PHARMA BUSINESS. NOW IT APPEARS, AN EXPANDING REVISIT OF THE PROCESS IS OCCURRING.
THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE ADVISORY PANEL HAS PROPOSED NEW GUIDELINES FOR SUCH ONGOING AND ACTIVE RESEARCH, NOW IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
IS THE BENEFIT WORTH THE RISK OF REVISITING THE HELL OF YESTERYEAR…………….
THE HOLMESBURG PRISON IS A CLASSIC CASE OF SUCH RESEARCH POLICIES…WHAT IS THE NEXT AND CURRENT CLASSIC CASE OF EXPLOITATION FOR THE "PUBLIC GOOD?"
