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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We are the most overmedicated nation in the world.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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We had comparable levels in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and people weren't doing that. Something changed. It dramatically changed human behavior. And one of the culprits we need to examine is whether the fact that We are the most overmedicated nation in the world. and a lot of those are psychiatric drugs that have black box warnings on them that warrant of suicidal and homicidal ideation. (01:38–01:42)

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