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Originally Posted by Hugh

Recent data in the Grauniad show that around 1 in 10 (approx.) are being prescribed anti-depressants, which, while a high figure, isn't exactly "a country full of people on medication".

It depends, if those people are confined to certain pockets of the country then those areas could have a high proportion of zombies, of course we will never know the true number as many people will be dealt with under BUPA and other company health schemes.
Once you know someone who is on medication the others are easy to spot, they have a vacant look and appear to be focusing on something in the distance. Take a bus ride and look around, zombies everywhere, they all seem to have a trait which makes them want to rush to the front of the bus three stops before the one they want, bus drivers don't know whether they are coming or going.

I have a mate in Aldershot (ex Army), he told me he doesn't know anyone who isn't on medication apart from me.
My neighbour has been on the medical cosh since he left the army and got a mortgage 25 years ago, hey, I am beginning to see a connection here, no no, I'm sure most of them have no connection past or present with the services.