How could I become a medical quack?

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Hi all. Lately, I have been watching a lot of videos about medicinal quackery. From these videos, I've determined that most people are stupid and will believe anything. How do I get started as a medical quack? It seems like the medical quacks are a bunch of people who make thousands of dollars doing almost nothing.

Could I just take some random liquids from around my house, mix them together, and sell them as a magical potion that cures cancer? ... or is it more complex than that?

Why would you want to become a criminal?

Just last year, Robert Young, author of ph Miracle Books, went to jail after admitting that he had treated patients without any medical or scientific training. He gave some of these people intravenous fluids mixed with baking soda for $500 per "treatment." He was convicted of 2 counts of practicing medicine without a license along with 2 other felony charges.

Also last year, Malachi Love-Robinson was sentenced for fraud and for practicing medicine without a license. As a teen he passed himself off as a doctor and treated patients. He was charged separately for tricking an elderly patient into cosigning the purchase of an expensive car.

In 2013, Kevin Trudeau, author of several self help books on "natural cures" along with infomercials that promoted false claims was sentenced to 10 years in Federal prison for failure to pay a $37 million fine, contempt of court, and continued fraudulent behavior.

Crime only pays until you're caught. If you're convicted, you'll have a permanent criminal record. Having a criminal record means that only 1/3rd of all employers will even bother calling you if you apply for a job. You'll also find it difficult to rent a home or apartment.

You don't want to become a medical quack, obviously. The efforts is too high, and so is the legal risk. But becoming a therapy quack is a piece of cake. Most therapists are quacks, anyway, so you'll blend right in. Plus, NTs will consider almost anything to be "therapeutic", as long as it's about "feelings" and you sell it well enough. And since the majority of the population is NT, you'll have plenty of willing takers.

You can charge them $100 an hour, while pretty much doing nothing. The hardest part is reporting suicidal people to the police, and even that's not too hard, if you think about it. You can even mock troubled kids and teens, deny that you're mocking them, tell them it's for their own good, all while knowing there's nothing they can do about it.

I can’t even take it. So true, so true.

It's probably easier to just practice regular alternative medicine and charge for that. Learning hypnosis is fairly easy, there's tons of resources and all you have to do is talk and relax a person, and what's great is that it can actually work with practice and isn't quackery.
Hypnosis has a bad reputation because of stage hypnotists and people who don't understand neurology and that hypnosis is just focus and learning.
If you don't want to do that, you could find a supplement with some research behind it and sign up with suppliers and then buy newspaper ads to sell them. All you have to do is write the newspaper ad. Most older people still read physical newspapers and they have the majority of the expendable cash and tons of health issues so they'll be the most likely to buy. No quackery needed.
I've also read about energy healers who just pump out lots of content and sell their confidence to people. I think what most people buy is someone who acts confident. Even doctors can't tell you if most of their treatments will work for you specifically, which is why they need to make sure that they cover all their bases and do the least risky treatment possible.

You can also open a floatation therapy center. It's where people pay $50 an hour to float nude inside a cramped, isolated, dark, silent tank (chamber). Allegedly, it's supposed to clear your mind and simulate 8 hours of sleep. For me, they're the creepiest things I've ever seen in my whole life. Older tank designs look like caskets or ovens; they're even painted black. Newer tank designs look like clam shells that permanently close on you, trapping you inside. Not to mention, people who work there act like snake oil salesmen.

NTs, however, eat that stuff up with a spoon. Because it's "natural", something or other. Which, honestly, surprises me. I thought NTs were supposed to be shrewd and savvy, and not fall for the latest ruse. So if you want to be a legal quack, open a floatation therapy center, and you'll be making a fortune off of gullible customers. "Simpsons" spoofed the floation tank trend for a reason, in an episode with Homer and Lisa.