Saturday, October 21. 2006

The Answer is Drugs

Study: Some preschoolers can use Ritalin

The first long-term government study of preschoolers who take Ritalin, the popular attention deficit disorder drug, warns of side effects but also found benefits in children with severe problems. The drug isn't approved for use in children under age 6, and the researchers said those youngsters need close monitoring. Preschoolers are more likely than older children to develop side effects, experts said.

That's it, lets just drug our kids into insensitivity then wonder why later in life they turn to illegal drugs for the same effect. There might be a very rare child that needs this but the large majority don't and by perscribing these drugs to our children we are only damaging ourselves and society. Control the population through chemical use. What a way to live, if you want to call it living, walking around in a stupor because your parets don't want to deal with you.

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Hey Sam!!!

Good for you!!! We don't have children in that age group anymore, however we are now dealing with Kim's Dad age 92--& the resthome's idea of "drugging for managed care". Bravo
to you! While drugging might make the "caretakers lives" easier, what havoc does it wreak on the ones that are supposedly being "cared for"?

#1 Maryolbricht on 2006-10-21 21:11 (Reply)

With some schools banning "tag", "dodgeball", and recess altogether, I imagine we'll see a bit of a rise in schools diagnosing students with ADD.
Hopefully I'm wrong...

-Cammy

#2 Craig's Spousal Unit (Homepage) on 2006-10-22 13:44 (Reply)

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