Society, Issues, Education, Behavior Medication

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- Presentation by Patti Johnson, Colorado State Board of Education, encouraging the banning of Ritalin.
- Parents are told by the court to give their child Ritalin.
- How has it come to pass that where every child from preschool onward can recite the "anti-drug" catechism by heart, millions of children are being legally drugged with a substance so similar to cocaine that, as one journalist accurately summariz
- Balanced information on the proper use of Ritalin in individuals who might have attention deficit disorder.
- How a government corrupted by special interests is spawning a generation of medicated preschoolers.
- Summarizes how various narcotics increase and decrease sensory attention and motor activity, and argues that medicating children to get satisfactory behavior is the wrong approach for a number of reasons.
- Lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee hear complaints and comments about the use and abuse of Ritalin.
- A one hour documentary which examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children.
- A new Connecticut law prohibits schools from suggesting that children with attention deficit disorder be put on Ritalin or other mood-altering drugs amid concerns kids are over-medicated. Diane Orson reports on Morning Edition, from NPR. Realaudio format
- Information on the use of Ritalin on school children; side effects and evidence of over-medication; tips for parents on how to tell if their child needs Ritalin and how they can help their child handle the symptoms for which they have been prescribed the
- While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain known as the putamen which helps to control movement and attention.
- Book by Dr. Mary Ann Block covering the use of Ritalin and a non-drug approach to treating children diagnosed with ADHD.
- "Attention deficit disorder" is a hoax in that there is no such "mental disorder" to "diagnose" and "treat." Children labled as ADD are normal. They differ from what is expected of them in that they are of the Art
- Summarizes an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
- Short article with references.
- Article, presented by Meta News, on the use of drugs, particularly Ritalin, to combat ADD.
- Republication of an article by Ken Livingston.
- State legislatures are moving to prevent schools from recommending or requiring that parents put their children on behavior medication. This comes at a time when many drug manufacturers are encouraging parents to consider their products as possible solut

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