

Andrew Weil on Overmedication
In the June 22, 2017 New York Times, reporter Steven Petrow published a brief interview with Andrew Weil in connection with Weil’s new book, Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When AlternativesAre Better – and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own.” (Here’s the link: https://nyti.ms/2sTxgzc.) It caught my attention as an acupuncturist because acupuncture is a non-pharmacologic (i.e., an alternative to medication-centered treatment) soft-tissue therapy. The lesions