<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I appreciate Saundra's remarks and I, too, am sorry to see Latah Recovery Center promoting homeopathic medicine by sponsoring such presentations.<br><br></div>Traditional medicine is based on science. Homeopathic medicine, as far as I can see, is not based on that at all, but on either ignorance or faith.<br><br></div>Don Coombs<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:58 PM, Saundra Lund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" target="_blank">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I suppose that approach (whatever floats one’s boat) is more palatable if you’ve not worked with desperate people who have spent so much on homeopathic and “other” remedies that they can’t pay for anything else . . and have no time left to get effective help </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">L</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Besides, I do think there’s a difference between presenting modalities that have some bone fide evidence of efficacy and pseudoscience like homeopathy which has <b>no</b> independent evidence of efficacy other than making the wallet lighter.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">JMHO & Very Disappointed,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Saundra<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:keim152@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim152@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:keim152@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim152@gmail.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Darrell Keim<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 07, 2016 8:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Saundra Lund <<a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" target="_blank">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Holistic Approaches to Recovery<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We're open to all paths to recovery, Saundra. We don't advocate for or against paths that may be of help. If people want to try homeopathy is up to them. Just like we don't advocate for or against religious paths to recovery, drug replacement therapies, etc.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Saundra Lund <<a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" target="_blank">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Really??? Wow – I’m very, very sorry to see Latah Recovery Center allow transplanted quacks and charlatans access to vulnerable folks </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">L</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Homeopathy – which this quack specializes in – is a pseudoscience well-recognized to financially prey on the vulnerable and desperate.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">This former veterinarian wackadoo also espouses a whole lot of flatly dangerous vet med . . . opinions, which is how I first came across him.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">For those who aren’t aware, take a minute to ponder this about homeopathic remedies:</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">“</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#281b21">There’s one exception to the rule that homeopathic products are basically sugar and water. Many of them list <a href="http://barkpost.com/petco-product-pulled-alcohol/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post" target="_blank">alcohol as an “inactive” ingredient</a>. Because labeling laws on homeopathy are <a href="https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/how-should-the-fda-regulate-homeopathic-remedies/" target="_blank">so different from regulations on real medicine</a> with proven ingredients, the only actual drug in a bottle of homeopathic medicine—ethanol, the same active ingredient in vodka—doesn’t have to be listed as a drug. This is not an isolated case.”</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/10/homeopathy_contains_alcohol_and_can_be_sold_to_minors.html" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/10/homeopathy_contains_alcohol_and_can_be_sold_to_minors.html</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Very Disappointed,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Saundra</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Darrell Keim<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 07, 2016 1:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Holistic Approaches to Recovery</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">For Immediate Release:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. John Fudens, HMC will be discussing holistic approaches to recovery from addiction and mental health issues. "As a homeopathic master clinician, I am concerned with all aspects of the being who is sick. The physical, mental, emotional, and psychological levels are all important. All aspects of the life are examined, from birth to adulthood, their track through life, including family background, schooling, health of parents, surgeries, drugs, injuries, etc." Fudens is trained to work holistically with both animals and humans. He will be speaking on 4/12/16, from 6:30-8pm. The Latah Recovery Center is located at 531 S Main, in Moscow.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">###<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>=======================================================<br>
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