UK May Blacklist Homeopathy (bbc.co.uk)

New submitter Maritz writes: Vindication may be on the horizon for people who defer to reality in matters of health — UK ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, the BBC has learned. The controversial practice is based on the principle that "like cures like," but critics say patients are being given useless sugar pills. The Faculty of Homeopathy said patients supported the therapy. A consultation is expected to take place in 2016. The total NHS bill for homeopathy, including homeopathic hospitals and GP prescriptions, is thought to be about £4m.

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Two Likes Don't Make a Right

[Pseudonymous Powers]

There's no need for believers in homeopathy to worry about this. They can just grind the remaining prescriptions for homeopathic remedies into dust, and present a grain of that dust to the pharmacist, who then gives them a glass of water. Problem solved.

Re:Two Likes Don't Make a Right

[Anonymous Coward]

The Perfect Martini:
Store your Gin and Martini Glasses in the Freezer.
Pull a Glass out, and show it a bottle of Vermouth.
Pour ice cold Gin into the Glass, which now remembers the Vermouth, and add an olive.
For a Perfect Gibson, use a Cocktail Onion in place of the Olive.

OK, now for the Viking Blast:
Store your Aquavit and Shot Glasses in the Freezer.
Put some Grieg on the Stereo. (Peer Gynt is good. For something more Modern, consider Katzenjammer.)
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På snørra!

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