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Placebos for sale

PLACEBOS are now available to the general public “for the first time ever”. Simon Norburn forwards a press release from journalism.co.uk announcing the good news (see bit.ly/placebosale).

“Never before has the ordinary person been able to go and get placebos for themselves or their family,” it says. “Although used in virtually every drug trial this is the first time that these powerful agents have been available on demand.”

They can be purchased online from APlacebo.com of Chelmsford, UK, a company set up “to promote the safe and effective use of placebos”.

Its website…

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