Doctors con cancer victims,
therapist says
Hypno-therapist advocates Laetrile,
‘metabolic treatment’ as alternatives
By HARRY ESTEVE
Of the Emerald
Private physicians and medical associations
deceive cancer patients by advocating useless
and lethal cancer treatments, a spokesman for
the Eugene Cancer Control Center told a small
audience at the Lane County Public Servce
building Sunday night.
The American Cancer Society, the American
Medical Association and the Food and Drug
Administration are interested in profits, not
health, said Evan Reed, a hypno-therapist who
specializes in cancer treatment.
The Cancer Control Center has been a vocal
advocate of the controversial drug, Laetrile, a
derivative of apricot pits thought by many to be an
effective anti-cancer agent. Laetrile has been
banned by the FDA after studies alleged it did
nothing to help cure cancer.
Reed said that currently "accepted” cancer
treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation
therapy, are not effective. He called them
"expensive schemes” designed to keep patients
alive long enough to make a profit.
An average cancer victim spends $23,000
from the time of initial diagnosis to the time of
death, according to Reed.
"Where does that money go? Into some
body’s pocket. Twelve-hundred people a day are
dying of cancer-related causes. That represents a
lot of money."
Reed accused the medical profession of
"waging psychological warfare” against cancer
patients by telling terminal cases they were going
to die and then prescribing expensive therapy.
"They’re not interested in your health, they’re
interested in your money.”
Instead of chemical or X-ray treatments to
stop cancer, Reed advocated what he termed
“metabolic treatment,” which includes a raw and
natural foods diet and extensive use of Laetrile
and hydrozyne sulfate
Hydrozyne sulfate is a derivative similar to
Laetrile that Reed claimed has immediate effects
on cancer cells, in some cases eliminating them
after only a few doses.
“But it has one problem,” he said. "It’s cheap
— it’s cheaper than dirt." If mass produced, the
drug would cost less than 10 cents per dose, he
said. "That’s why it's not recognized. There’s no
money there."
The Cancer Control Center is a division of
Spiritual Enterprises, Inc., a "nondenominational
religious organization," according to Reed.
Photo by Dennis Tachibana
Evan Reed
Commission calls for adequate downtown housing
By RICHARD WAGONER
Ol the Emerald
Eugene should encourage
adequate downtown housing
for all income groups but at the
same time should discourage
the creation of low-income
neighborhoods.
That's the gist of a revised
downtown housing strategy
report heard Monday by the
Eugene Planning Commission
and passed on to the city coun
cil for adoption.
The report, called "Housing
in Eugene’s Downtown: Long
Term Stategies," calls for
making the city’s downtown
area a major residential neigh
borhood equal in priority to its
role as a cultural, governmental
and commercial center.
In order to achieve this goal,
the report says, the city should
make housing its top short-term
priority.
The city should “encourage
developments that mingle
different types of housing and
thus accommodate households
of varied ages, incomes,
occupations and interests while
at the same time discouraqinq
the creation of areas character
ized by households with low
incomes," the report says.
The strategy report along with
its revisions will be considered
by the city council at its April 13
meeting.
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• Identify specific sites for
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amenities needed to sup
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development. Amenities that
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• Investigate the formation of
a non-profit housing corp
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groups to develop local fina
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