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| Over Drugging Active Children VERACARE:
"Today parents have to be educated
consumers, but kids should be off-limits as targets of convenience for the
drug industry.”
In an effort to stem the pressure currently
being applied on parents and children to put active children
on psychostimulant drugs, the Connecticut State Legislature unanimously voted
to prohibit such pseudo-medical interference by teachers and school officials.
An Insight Magazine (Washington Times) article provides insight on the epidemic overuse of psychotropic drugs in children.
A Connecticut mother fought for the right NOT
to put her first grade son on psychostimulant drugs, described what she called
the "ADHD nightmare" when her first-grade son was put on a
“behavioral chart” for being too verbal and excitedly calling out answers
in class. "When you have to use mind-altering drugs to teach in
the classroom, then you’ve gone down a path of no return. I’m looking for
education and I want the mental-health industry out of our schools. A parent
who feels the need to take a child to a psychiatrist can decide if and when,
but it shouldn’t come from the school.”
Connecticut lawmakers agree: "
medical diagnoses should not be in the hands of teachers.”
As President Bush makes good on his
promise to reform the school system, one of the reforms should be to stem
the tide of using addictive psychotropic drugs to modify children's normal
behavior.
Click here for the article. |
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