Re: The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

[Guest guest]

So sad, that we are not encouraged to know that a few pellets of homeopathic

chamomilla or nux vomica under the baby's tongue (at a cost of pennies) can, if

properly chosen -- there are about half a dozen other remedies that can help

the body release colic -- do a better job than expensive pharmaceuticals, while

promoting the over-all health of the body. And yet the hypocrisy rules, where

we are encouraged to go for the " quick fix, " but only so long as it is

expensive, and manufactured by the pharmaceutical industry. The same people who

push us to go along with this, work overtime to criminalize or eliminate

traditional and natural therapies, calling them " quackery. " gertie

The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=9282 & fcategory_desc=Under%20R\

eported

The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

October 06, 2004

By: Carr

Independent Media TV

Printer Friendly Version

Since I wrote about the potentially lethal implications of the New Freedom

Commission on Mental Health last week, a painful memory surfaced. I drifted back

to 1994, the year my oldest child was born with a severe case of colic. Taking

care of him was mentally and physically exhausting, but my son's pediatrician

recommended a prescription drug to curb his shrieking cries. I gave him his

first dose and anxiously awaited the moment we would both be feeling relief.

Within an hour, I had thrown the medication in the trash. Through my tears and

guilt, I watched his little dilated eyes and his hapless stupor, asking myself

what I had done. From that moment on, it was back to the old-fashioned remedies

such as running the vacuum, taking car rides, and gently rocking him in a swing.

But recalling the effect of his medication, I fear the NFCMH may pave the way to

have this same impact on thousands if not millions of children in the United

States.

The proposal undoubtedly preys on the most vulnerable segments of our

population, and in particular children. It is easy to target the young when they

are innocently and neatly amassed in schools. Pregnant women, as seen in the

Illinois implementation of the NFCMH proposals, are also easy prey. Post-partum

blues can be labeled depression and dictate the need for medication for an

unknown length of time. Hey, maybe colic could be classified as an emotional

disorder, and then more infants in Illinois could achieve that glossy stupor I

saw on my son's face.

But these potential victims are certainly not alone. The Commission's interim

report to the president suggested there are " hundreds of thousands of people

with serious mental illness " in settings such as " nursing homes, jails, and

homeless shelters. " The report goes on to warn this problem will likely get

worse with " the aging of the population and the demographic growth of minority

populations. " Gee, I had no idea that minorities are more prone to mental

illness. It must be their faulty biology, right? And medication can fix that,

right? The young, the old, criminals, homeless people, and women-all vulnerable

sitting ducks in American pharmaceutical gaming.

Jon Rappoport, a veteran freelance investigative journalist, has examined this

current phenomenon that sounds more like a sci-fi plot than an initiative in a

democratic society. He writes, " This is the same science that created the

eugenics monster. This is the same science that created concentration camps.

This is the same science that created 'mental illness' as a rationale for

putting people behind bars who disagreed with the power of the State. This is

sheer madness perpetrated by those claiming to be able to define 'sanity' and

'insanity'. " Coincidentally, Rappoport's wife is Dr. , a

nutritionist who has successfully helped children with ADHD through nutritional

supplements and dietary shifts.

The algorithmic approach outlined by the NFCMH does not offer such alternative

treatments. It offers top-dollar drugs and more top-dollar drugs, overlooking

non-medical treatments that could be safer and more effective. Furthermore, TMAP

does not address the potential long-term effects these drugs could have on a

young developing mind, or any mind for that matter. The drugs have not been

existence long enough to know the full extent of their long-term effects. And

yet, the FDA, the same FDA which claims buying cheaper drugs from Canada may be

unsafe, doesn't seem to care that many Americans are being prescribed drugs

whose effects remain largely unknown and potentially dangerous. And earlier this

year, the FDA gagged scientist Mosholder from sharing his findings that

increased suicide risks exist in children taking anti-depressants.

It is not to say that these drugs do not have a valid or useful purpose.

Undoubtedly, they have improved the lives of those whose doctors have expended

more safe and effective methods. It is the exploitation of these drugs for the

sheer sake of pharmaceutical greed and the risk to our children that is so very

wrong. Despite its claims of genuine concern for those who legitimately need

help, the NFCMH appears more like a scheme to weed out new victims and then

exact the fast-food TMAP approach on them. Adding to this suspicion is the

overwhelming support from groups like TeenScreen. While TeenScreen pushes for

mental health screenings in schools and has managed to earn support from schools

in 26 different states, few people likely realize that TeenScreen was developed

under the leadership of Shaffer, who is the director of Columbia

University's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, but ALSO a

spokesperson for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals. Imagine that, a member of th e

pharmaceutical encouraging mental health screenings. Life's a business, huh?

Without understanding the entire scope of the NFCMH agenda, it is easy to see

how consumers could be misled about this wolf in sheep's clothing. After all, we

are a society that wants a quick fix for everything. Obese? Take a pill. Feeling

bad? Take a pill. Wrinkles? We've got a pill for that. We welcome quick fixes

for all of our ailments, and we simultaneously feed into the hands of greedy

pharmaceutical predators who simply want their profits and claim without proof

they have the answers for us. And of course we want the best for our children!

Unfortunately, these medications could be having the very opposite effect on our

children, and all for the sake of profit. I would never wish upon another parent

that which I witnessed when I gave my son his first and last dose of an

anti-colic prescription. In the most dramatic irony of all, here is one final

excerpt from the Commission's interim report to the president: " Something is

terribly wrong, terribly amiss, with the me ntal health system. " Indeed there

is, and its name is the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

References:

http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/Interim_Report.htm

http://www.nomorefakenews.com/bio.htm

http://www.adhdoutreach.com/drlaura.htm

http://www.teenscreen.org/

http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news & id=61325 & cn=206

Original Link: http://www.independent-media.tv

[Guest guest]

So sad, that we are not encouraged to know that a few pellets of homeopathic

chamomilla or nux vomica under the baby's tongue (at a cost of pennies) can, if

properly chosen -- there are about half a dozen other remedies that can help

the body release colic -- do a better job than expensive pharmaceuticals, while

promoting the over-all health of the body. And yet the hypocrisy rules, where

we are encouraged to go for the " quick fix, " but only so long as it is

expensive, and manufactured by the pharmaceutical industry. The same people who

push us to go along with this, work overtime to criminalize or eliminate

traditional and natural therapies, calling them " quackery. " gertie

The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=9282 & fcategory_desc=Under%20R\

eported

The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

October 06, 2004

By: Carr

Independent Media TV

Printer Friendly Version

Since I wrote about the potentially lethal implications of the New Freedom

Commission on Mental Health last week, a painful memory surfaced. I drifted back

to 1994, the year my oldest child was born with a severe case of colic. Taking

care of him was mentally and physically exhausting, but my son's pediatrician

recommended a prescription drug to curb his shrieking cries. I gave him his

first dose and anxiously awaited the moment we would both be feeling relief.

Within an hour, I had thrown the medication in the trash. Through my tears and

guilt, I watched his little dilated eyes and his hapless stupor, asking myself

what I had done. From that moment on, it was back to the old-fashioned remedies

such as running the vacuum, taking car rides, and gently rocking him in a swing.

But recalling the effect of his medication, I fear the NFCMH may pave the way to

have this same impact on thousands if not millions of children in the United

States.

The proposal undoubtedly preys on the most vulnerable segments of our

population, and in particular children. It is easy to target the young when they

are innocently and neatly amassed in schools. Pregnant women, as seen in the

Illinois implementation of the NFCMH proposals, are also easy prey. Post-partum

blues can be labeled depression and dictate the need for medication for an

unknown length of time. Hey, maybe colic could be classified as an emotional

disorder, and then more infants in Illinois could achieve that glossy stupor I

saw on my son's face.

But these potential victims are certainly not alone. The Commission's interim

report to the president suggested there are " hundreds of thousands of people

with serious mental illness " in settings such as " nursing homes, jails, and

homeless shelters. " The report goes on to warn this problem will likely get

worse with " the aging of the population and the demographic growth of minority

populations. " Gee, I had no idea that minorities are more prone to mental

illness. It must be their faulty biology, right? And medication can fix that,

right? The young, the old, criminals, homeless people, and women-all vulnerable

sitting ducks in American pharmaceutical gaming.

Jon Rappoport, a veteran freelance investigative journalist, has examined this

current phenomenon that sounds more like a sci-fi plot than an initiative in a

democratic society. He writes, " This is the same science that created the

eugenics monster. This is the same science that created concentration camps.

This is the same science that created 'mental illness' as a rationale for

putting people behind bars who disagreed with the power of the State. This is

sheer madness perpetrated by those claiming to be able to define 'sanity' and

'insanity'. " Coincidentally, Rappoport's wife is Dr. , a

nutritionist who has successfully helped children with ADHD through nutritional

supplements and dietary shifts.

The algorithmic approach outlined by the NFCMH does not offer such alternative

treatments. It offers top-dollar drugs and more top-dollar drugs, overlooking

non-medical treatments that could be safer and more effective. Furthermore, TMAP

does not address the potential long-term effects these drugs could have on a

young developing mind, or any mind for that matter. The drugs have not been

existence long enough to know the full extent of their long-term effects. And

yet, the FDA, the same FDA which claims buying cheaper drugs from Canada may be

unsafe, doesn't seem to care that many Americans are being prescribed drugs

whose effects remain largely unknown and potentially dangerous. And earlier this

year, the FDA gagged scientist Mosholder from sharing his findings that

increased suicide risks exist in children taking anti-depressants.

It is not to say that these drugs do not have a valid or useful purpose.

Undoubtedly, they have improved the lives of those whose doctors have expended

more safe and effective methods. It is the exploitation of these drugs for the

sheer sake of pharmaceutical greed and the risk to our children that is so very

wrong. Despite its claims of genuine concern for those who legitimately need

help, the NFCMH appears more like a scheme to weed out new victims and then

exact the fast-food TMAP approach on them. Adding to this suspicion is the

overwhelming support from groups like TeenScreen. While TeenScreen pushes for

mental health screenings in schools and has managed to earn support from schools

in 26 different states, few people likely realize that TeenScreen was developed

under the leadership of Shaffer, who is the director of Columbia

University's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, but ALSO a

spokesperson for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals. Imagine that, a member of th e

pharmaceutical encouraging mental health screenings. Life's a business, huh?

Without understanding the entire scope of the NFCMH agenda, it is easy to see

how consumers could be misled about this wolf in sheep's clothing. After all, we

are a society that wants a quick fix for everything. Obese? Take a pill. Feeling

bad? Take a pill. Wrinkles? We've got a pill for that. We welcome quick fixes

for all of our ailments, and we simultaneously feed into the hands of greedy

pharmaceutical predators who simply want their profits and claim without proof

they have the answers for us. And of course we want the best for our children!

Unfortunately, these medications could be having the very opposite effect on our

children, and all for the sake of profit. I would never wish upon another parent

that which I witnessed when I gave my son his first and last dose of an

anti-colic prescription. In the most dramatic irony of all, here is one final

excerpt from the Commission's interim report to the president: " Something is

terribly wrong, terribly amiss, with the me ntal health system. " Indeed there

is, and its name is the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

References:

http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/Interim_Report.htm

http://www.nomorefakenews.com/bio.htm

http://www.adhdoutreach.com/drlaura.htm

http://www.teenscreen.org/

http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news & id=61325 & cn=206

Original Link: http://www.independent-media.tv

[Guest guest]

Just follow the money. I was reading Health magazine from August yesterday.

Pure pharma propaganda through the whole thing with

some truth mixed in for some real flavor. Made me sick.

The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

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eported

> The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

>

> October 06, 2004

>

>

> By: Carr

> Independent Media TV

>

> Printer Friendly Version

>

>

>

> Since I wrote about the potentially lethal implications of the New

Freedom Commission on Mental Health last week, a painful memory surfaced. I

drifted back to 1994, the year my oldest child was born with a severe case

of colic. Taking care of him was mentally and physically exhausting, but my

son's pediatrician recommended a prescription drug to curb his shrieking

cries. I gave him his first dose and anxiously awaited the moment we would

both be feeling relief. Within an hour, I had thrown the medication in the

trash. Through my tears and guilt, I watched his little dilated eyes and his

hapless stupor, asking myself what I had done. From that moment on, it was

back to the old-fashioned remedies such as running the vacuum, taking car

rides, and gently rocking him in a swing. But recalling the effect of his

medication, I fear the NFCMH may pave the way to have this same impact on

thousands if not millions of children in the United States.

> The proposal undoubtedly preys on the most vulnerable segments of our

population, and in particular children. It is easy to target the young when

they are innocently and neatly amassed in schools. Pregnant women, as seen

in the Illinois implementation of the NFCMH proposals, are also easy prey.

Post-partum blues can be labeled depression and dictate the need for

medication for an unknown length of time. Hey, maybe colic could be

classified as an emotional disorder, and then more infants in Illinois could

achieve that glossy stupor I saw on my son's face.

>

> But these potential victims are certainly not alone. The Commission's

interim report to the president suggested there are " hundreds of thousands

of people with serious mental illness " in settings such as " nursing homes,

jails, and homeless shelters. " The report goes on to warn this problem will

likely get worse with " the aging of the population and the demographic

growth of minority populations. " Gee, I had no idea that minorities are more

prone to mental illness. It must be their faulty biology, right? And

medication can fix that, right? The young, the old, criminals, homeless

people, and women-all vulnerable sitting ducks in American pharmaceutical

gaming.

>

> Jon Rappoport, a veteran freelance investigative journalist, has

examined this current phenomenon that sounds more like a sci-fi plot than an

initiative in a democratic society. He writes, " This is the same science

that created the eugenics monster. This is the same science that created

concentration camps. This is the same science that created 'mental illness'

as a rationale for putting people behind bars who disagreed with the power

of the State. This is sheer madness perpetrated by those claiming to be able

to define 'sanity' and 'insanity'. " Coincidentally, Rappoport's wife is Dr.

, a nutritionist who has successfully helped children with

ADHD through nutritional supplements and dietary shifts.

>

> The algorithmic approach outlined by the NFCMH does not offer such

alternative treatments. It offers top-dollar drugs and more top-dollar

drugs, overlooking non-medical treatments that could be safer and more

effective. Furthermore, TMAP does not address the potential long-term

effects these drugs could have on a young developing mind, or any mind for

that matter. The drugs have not been existence long enough to know the full

extent of their long-term effects. And yet, the FDA, the same FDA which

claims buying cheaper drugs from Canada may be unsafe, doesn't seem to care

that many Americans are being prescribed drugs whose effects remain largely

unknown and potentially dangerous. And earlier this year, the FDA gagged

scientist Mosholder from sharing his findings that increased suicide

risks exist in children taking anti-depressants.

>

> It is not to say that these drugs do not have a valid or useful purpose.

Undoubtedly, they have improved the lives of those whose doctors have

expended more safe and effective methods. It is the exploitation of these

drugs for the sheer sake of pharmaceutical greed and the risk to our

children that is so very wrong. Despite its claims of genuine concern for

those who legitimately need help, the NFCMH appears more like a scheme to

weed out new victims and then exact the fast-food TMAP approach on them.

Adding to this suspicion is the overwhelming support from groups like

TeenScreen. While TeenScreen pushes for mental health screenings in schools

and has managed to earn support from schools in 26 different states, few

people likely realize that TeenScreen was developed under the leadership of

Shaffer, who is the director of Columbia University's Division of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, but ALSO a spokesperson for Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals. Imagine that, a member of!

> th e pharmaceutical encouraging mental health screenings. Life's a

business, huh?

>

> Without understanding the entire scope of the NFCMH agenda, it is easy

to see how consumers could be misled about this wolf in sheep's clothing.

After all, we are a society that wants a quick fix for everything. Obese?

Take a pill. Feeling bad? Take a pill. Wrinkles? We've got a pill for that.

We welcome quick fixes for all of our ailments, and we simultaneously feed

into the hands of greedy pharmaceutical predators who simply want their

profits and claim without proof they have the answers for us. And of course

we want the best for our children! Unfortunately, these medications could be

having the very opposite effect on our children, and all for the sake of

profit. I would never wish upon another parent that which I witnessed when I

gave my son his first and last dose of an anti-colic prescription. In the

most dramatic irony of all, here is one final excerpt from the Commission's

interim report to the president: " Something is terribly wrong, terribly

amiss, with the me n!

> tal health system. " Indeed there is, and its name is the New Freedom

Commission on Mental Health.

>

> References:

>

> http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/Interim_Report.htm

>

> http://www.nomorefakenews.com/bio.htm

>

> http://www.adhdoutreach.com/drlaura.htm

>

> http://www.teenscreen.org/

>

> http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news & id=61325 & cn=206

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Original Link: http://www.independent-media.tv

>

>

[Guest guest]

How dare they call it " New Freedom. " If that aint Orwellian

doublespeak, I don't know what is!!!

> http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?

fmedia_id=9282 & fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported

> The New Freedom Commission and Our Children

>

> October 06, 2004

>

>

> By: Carr

> Independent Media TV

>

> Printer Friendly Version

>

>

>

> Since I wrote about the potentially lethal implications of the New

Freedom Commission on Mental Health last week, a painful memory

surfaced. I drifted back to 1994, the year my oldest child was born

with a severe case of colic. Taking care of him was mentally and

physically exhausting, but my son's pediatrician recommended a

prescription drug to curb his shrieking cries. I gave him his first

dose and anxiously awaited the moment we would both be feeling

relief. Within an hour, I had thrown the medication in the trash.

Through my tears and guilt, I watched his little dilated eyes and his

hapless stupor, asking myself what I had done. From that moment on,

it was back to the old-fashioned remedies such as running the vacuum,

taking car rides, and gently rocking him in a swing. But recalling

the effect of his medication, I fear the NFCMH may pave the way to

have this same impact on thousands if not millions of children in the

United States.

> The proposal undoubtedly preys on the most vulnerable segments of

our population, and in particular children. It is easy to target the

young when they are innocently and neatly amassed in schools.

Pregnant women, as seen in the Illinois implementation of the NFCMH

proposals, are also easy prey. Post-partum blues can be labeled

depression and dictate the need for medication for an unknown length

of time. Hey, maybe colic could be classified as an emotional

disorder, and then more infants in Illinois could achieve that glossy

stupor I saw on my son's face.

>

> But these potential victims are certainly not alone. The

Commission's interim report to the president suggested there

are " hundreds of thousands of people with serious mental illness " in

settings such as " nursing homes, jails, and homeless shelters. " The

report goes on to warn this problem will likely get worse with " the

aging of the population and the demographic growth of minority

populations. " Gee, I had no idea that minorities are more prone to

mental illness. It must be their faulty biology, right? And

medication can fix that, right? The young, the old, criminals,

homeless people, and women-all vulnerable sitting ducks in American

pharmaceutical gaming.

>

> Jon Rappoport, a veteran freelance investigative journalist, has

examined this current phenomenon that sounds more like a sci-fi plot

than an initiative in a democratic society. He writes, " This is the

same science that created the eugenics monster. This is the same

science that created concentration camps. This is the same science

that created 'mental illness' as a rationale for putting people

behind bars who disagreed with the power of the State. This is sheer

madness perpetrated by those claiming to be able to define 'sanity'

and 'insanity'. " Coincidentally, Rappoport's wife is Dr.

, a nutritionist who has successfully helped children with

ADHD through nutritional supplements and dietary shifts.

>

> The algorithmic approach outlined by the NFCMH does not offer such

alternative treatments. It offers top-dollar drugs and more top-

dollar drugs, overlooking non-medical treatments that could be safer

and more effective. Furthermore, TMAP does not address the potential

long-term effects these drugs could have on a young developing mind,

or any mind for that matter. The drugs have not been existence long

enough to know the full extent of their long-term effects. And yet,

the FDA, the same FDA which claims buying cheaper drugs from Canada

may be unsafe, doesn't seem to care that many Americans are being

prescribed drugs whose effects remain largely unknown and potentially

dangerous. And earlier this year, the FDA gagged scientist

Mosholder from sharing his findings that increased suicide risks

exist in children taking anti-depressants.

>

> It is not to say that these drugs do not have a valid or useful

purpose. Undoubtedly, they have improved the lives of those whose

doctors have expended more safe and effective methods. It is the

exploitation of these drugs for the sheer sake of pharmaceutical

greed and the risk to our children that is so very wrong. Despite its

claims of genuine concern for those who legitimately need help, the

NFCMH appears more like a scheme to weed out new victims and then

exact the fast-food TMAP approach on them. Adding to this suspicion

is the overwhelming support from groups like TeenScreen. While

TeenScreen pushes for mental health screenings in schools and has

managed to earn support from schools in 26 different states, few

people likely realize that TeenScreen was developed under the

leadership of Shaffer, who is the director of Columbia

University's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, but ALSO a

spokesperson for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals. Imagine that, a member of

the pharmaceutical encouraging mental health screenings. Life's a

business, huh?

>

> Without understanding the entire scope of the NFCMH agenda, it is

easy to see how consumers could be misled about this wolf in sheep's

clothing. After all, we are a society that wants a quick fix for

everything. Obese? Take a pill. Feeling bad? Take a pill. Wrinkles?

We've got a pill for that. We welcome quick fixes for all of our

ailments, and we simultaneously feed into the hands of greedy

pharmaceutical predators who simply want their profits and claim

without proof they have the answers for us. And of course we want the

best for our children! Unfortunately, these medications could be

having the very opposite effect on our children, and all for the sake

of profit. I would never wish upon another parent that which I

witnessed when I gave my son his first and last dose of an anti-colic

prescription. In the most dramatic irony of all, here is one final

excerpt from the Commission's interim report to the

president: " Something is terribly wrong, terribly amiss, with the

mental health system. " Indeed there is, and its name is the New

Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

>

> References:

>

> http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/Interim_Report.htm

>

> http://www.nomorefakenews.com/bio.htm

>

> http://www.adhdoutreach.com/drlaura.htm

>

> http://www.teenscreen.org/

>

> http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news & id=61325 & cn=206

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Original Link: http://www.independent-media.tv

>

>