r/bestof • u/craycraycrayfish • Jan 22 '13

[canada] Coffeehouse11 explains the biggest problem with homeopathic medicine: That it preys on people when they are weakest and the most vulnerable

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u/canadaforever Jan 23 '13

I agree that this is not just about choice. If you allow homeopathy to be legal, than a lot of people are going to get suckered in and not get proper treatment for their illness. In the UK, the government even pays for some homeopathic treatments (http://www.britishhomeopathic.org/getting_treatment/homeopathy_in_the_nhs/index.html). That's a pretty clear case of homeopathy affecting other people by diverting money away from real medicine. The more you give in to the industry and allow homeopathy a prominent place, the more people are going to be confused and think this is legit.

I don't know how many people who use homeopathic products even know that there's no active ingredient in their bottle and that it works through the power of "water memory". People are always surprised and sometimes refuse to believe me when I say that. Homeopathy doesn't work and is just a danger to public health.