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| title = Alternative Literature | | title = Alternative Literature | ||
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− | | titletext = I just noticed CVS has started stocking homeopathic pills on the same shelves with--and labeled similarly to--their actual medicine. Telling someone who trusts you that you're giving them medicine, when you know | + | | titletext = I just noticed CVS has started stocking homeopathic pills on the same shelves with--and labeled similarly to--their actual medicine. Telling someone who trusts you that you're giving them medicine, when you know you’re not, because you want their money, isn’t just lying--it’s like an example you’d make up if you had to illustrate for a child why lying is wrong. |
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Homeopathic remedies are prepared by {{rw|Homeopathy#No_active_ingredient|repeatedly diluting a substance with alcohol or water}}. Somewhat counter-intuitively, homeopathy considers the weakest dilutions to have the most powerful healing effect. Frequently, in fact, the dilutions are repeated past the point where any number of molecules of the "active ingredient" can remain. | Homeopathic remedies are prepared by {{rw|Homeopathy#No_active_ingredient|repeatedly diluting a substance with alcohol or water}}. Somewhat counter-intuitively, homeopathy considers the weakest dilutions to have the most powerful healing effect. Frequently, in fact, the dilutions are repeated past the point where any number of molecules of the "active ingredient" can remain. | ||
− | Selling a homeopathic remedy as actual medicine when it is just water is | + | Selling a homeopathic remedy as actual medicine when it is just water is analagous to selling blank books. The smudge of ink Cueball mentions in the comic may be referencing the fact that some of the less diluted homeopathic remedies can contain a tiny amount of the original substance. |
Five years after this comic was published, the [https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/walmart-cvs-face-trial-for-putting-sham-homeopathic-products-next-to-real-meds/ Center for Inquiry (CFI) filed lawsuits against CVS in 2018 and Walmart in 2019] "to try to boot homeopathic products from pharmacy aisles for good. CFI claimed that deceptive placement of the water-based products violated the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA).". Nine years later, the [https://law.justia.com/cases/district-of-columbia/court-of-appeals/2022/20-cv-530.html District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled on September 29, 2022] that these lawsuits have merit and may move forward. | Five years after this comic was published, the [https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/walmart-cvs-face-trial-for-putting-sham-homeopathic-products-next-to-real-meds/ Center for Inquiry (CFI) filed lawsuits against CVS in 2018 and Walmart in 2019] "to try to boot homeopathic products from pharmacy aisles for good. CFI claimed that deceptive placement of the water-based products violated the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA).". Nine years later, the [https://law.justia.com/cases/district-of-columbia/court-of-appeals/2022/20-cv-530.html District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled on September 29, 2022] that these lawsuits have merit and may move forward. |