It's been linked to nearly 50 deaths. Girls who take this substance have developed blood clots and sometimes faint after that first shot. There are fears that it could cause infertility.

India cracked down on its use after four girls died and many others experienced epileptic seizures and stomach disorders.

The latest party drug to hit the scene, worrying parents and pushing law enforcement into action?

Nope. I'm, of course, talking about Gardasil. Despite mounting reports of dangerous side effects (over 15,000 girls have reported adverse effects) -- and deaths -- it continues to haunt us. And now drug marketers are trying to figure out how to hook even more girls.

The U.K.'s Daily Mail reports that a national campaign (using tax payers' money) is offering teen girls £45 shopping vouchers to receive the three-jab course of an HPV vaccine. No parental consent is necessary, and I wonder how much information about the potential dangers these girls are being handed along with that shopping money.

In British Columbia, Canada, a team of researchers talked to parents of 6th grade girls and discovered that they're hesitant to subject their daughters to the HPV vaccine. Why? Doesn't matter. The takeaway from this study was that policymakers should be "implementing strategies to ensure optimal HPV vaccine uptake." All in the name of protection.

Meanwhile, the story we're not hearing in the mainstream is that even the lead researcher in the development of Garadsil herself is starting to speak out against the vaccine. Dr. Diane Harper has said that the drug will do little to reduce cervical cancer rates and that the drug has gone basically untested in girls under 15, yet doctors are recommending it for girls as young as nine. That's right -- nobody even bothered to find out if it was safe before shooting up our daughters with the stuff.

Still, Merck pushed to make the vaccine mandatory in all states. Why? Simple. They never followed girls for any longer than three years in safety and efficacy tests. Cancer takes 20 years to develop. We may have only seen the beginnings of the side effects and deaths associated with this drug.

Made mandatory, Gardasil would fall under the wing of federal vaccine protection laws. If the vaccine turns out to be harmful -- well, MORE harmful -- Merck cannot be touched.

Seems like a perfect storm to me. Shopping vouchers and stern talks from doctors will lead more and more girls into the doctor's office for their Gardasil shot. How many more will die? How many will we discover have been left infertile after receiving the vaccine?

We won't find out until it's far too late for those girls. And if Merck has their way, nobody will be able to do a darn thing about it.

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