Alternative medicine has long been ridiculed by the traditional medical community. People who use it, or at least believe in its benefits, are described as “eccentric”. Doctors even go so far as to tell curious patients not to bother with the "insanity" alternative, claiming that only hippies and desperadoes use it. Doctors are entrusted with the lives of their patients every day, and if a doctor insists on a specific treatment and advises against another, patients are more than likely to do as they are told. But if a natural therapy has a positive effect on the disease, then why not resort to it? Why not educate patients on all fronts: provide details on every treatment that has shown promise, whether or not it lines the pockets of pharmaceutical companies. Numerous tests and laboratory experiments on alternative medicines based on animal and plant venom have shown promise. Some even prevented the spread of cancer cells or became painkillers. And that's not even the best part: Natural therapies don't contain the chemicals so common in traditional medicine, making them safer. Yet these findings are being suppressed by the medical community, which is not only unethical, but potentially dangerous for those battling the disease. In some cases, the medical pharmaceutical community goes so far as to sue or demean doctors who practice alternative medicine, thereby keeping their customers within their reach. Lives are at stake and new ideas are stifled: in the United States. Other countries – European, Asian and Australian – are practicing and discovering the merits of alternative medicine. Yet the nation so proud of its freedoms shuts down research into life-saving treatments, all for money. Because nat...... middle of paper ...... to find out if there is an unlikely downside, but also to find out if a venom can be used to combat multiple diseases. Plants contain minerals and vitamins that have also been proven to do the same. This may sound like a “miracle cure,” almost too good to be true, and it often is. Alternative therapies are safer: they contain fewer or no chemicals. Radiation, for example, is a way to “fight” cancer, and yet it is toxic; So isn't it crazy to treat a weakened patient with this radiation? Whether or not a treatment is popular with traditional medicine practitioners should not matter. What is best for the patient's well-being should be the deciding factor. And if ingesting cheap plants or taking a vial of venom is the answer, then pharmaceutical companies should not intervene, because there is more at stake in the fight against disease than money..