Sunday, August 30, 2015

Pharmacists: Front and Center

It's been a long time since I paid any attention to APhA, but I would encourage fellow pharmacists to
take a look at (and sign) a petition started by our fellow blogger, the DrugMonkey.  For whatever reason, APhA has chosen to give an AWARD to a guy whose writings (and you will see a sample) defy anyone's perception of what a scientifically-oriented, advance-the-profession-of-pharmacy type of outfit should be all about.  Really quite stunning.  Take a look:


https://www.change.org/p/thomas-e-menighan-ceo-american-pharmacists-association-apha-end-your-endorsement-of-homophobic-pseudo-science?recruiter=8922511&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

or go to Change.org and search "APhA".

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

At first I read the title and thought "Finally the pharmacists are getting rid of the homeopathic drug quacks, but then realized it was about homophobia, which is OK to rally against too.

Fora said...

I agree! You just cant masquerade ignorance as science. Duplantis's views are downright absurd and should never get the approval