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Part One: Gary Young: The Fake Doctor Who Drowned His Own Baby

Behind the Bastards

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Axe? Is It a Fake Doctor?

Gary Young bought 160 acres of farmland in Idaho, filled with peppermint, Tansy, and lavender. He married his third wife, Mary, an opera singer and business woman who had experience in the world of multi-level marketing. The company engaged in a constant game of brinksmanship with the FDA to make their products sound as much like medicine as possible without breaking the law. In 1994, Senator Orin Hatche of Utah passed the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act (Disha Disha), which they use today.

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