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Just Say No to Bush's Drugs

October 02, 2004

By: Carr

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A little-known initiative by President Bush is quietly creeping through the

United States. The proposal is based on recommendations from the New Freedom

Commission on Mental Health. It is part of the broader New Freedom Initiative

for the disabled. The Commission convened in April 2002 and released its report

with recommendations on July 2003. Although this proposal has been largely

overlooked by the mass media, it plans to impact every American citizen in a

very frightening way.

The report points to the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) as a model on

which to base the national mental health agenda. TMAP was a pilot program under

then-Governor Bush that standardized certain medications for certain mental

illnesses in a flow chart fashion. The report also recommends that every citizen

in the United States should be screened for mental illness, including children.

It states, " Each year, young children are expelled from preschool and childcare

facilities for severely disruptive behaviors and emotional disorders. " It then

suggests early detection is paramount in mental health and " schools can help

address mental health problems. " Beyond the classroom, the report suggests

screenings should be addressed in primary care " throughout the lifespan. "

So, the commission has determined that everyone should be tested for mental

illness and a flow chart determines which medication should be used to treat it.

Sound alarming? It should, especially upon hearing what has to say

about it. Mr. was employed as an investigator in Pennsylvania's Office of

Inspector General. He was investigating corrupt activities involving

pharmaceutical companies offering honorariums to state officials. The OIG

manager told him, " Drug companies write checks to politicians-they write checks

to politicians on both sides of the aisle, " and changed his assignment.

decided to continue his investigation on his own time. And he discovered

that TMAP, which Pennsylvania adopted in 2002 under then-Governor Tom Ridge, was

in fact driven by pharmaceutical companies who were lavishing Texas politicians,

as well as making sure their most expensive patented drugs (some with

potentially lethal side effects) were listed as the designated treatments on the

algorithms. released a 66-page whistleblower report about the scandal in

January 2004 and was subsequently fired by the OIG.

Included in his report is background information on each member of the New

Freedom Commission on Mental Health, offering valuable insight on this group of

individuals who decided all citizens should be screened and possibly medicated

for mental illness. Among them you will find Hogan, whose research

institute relies heavily on pharmaceutical company grants. Another is Norwood

Knight-, a Texas college buddy of Bush Sr. whom he appointed as

then-Governor to the Texas drug and alcohol council during the establishment of

TMAP. Knight- is also the director of a pharmaceutical delivery

company that has significantly profited from contracts in post-war Iraq.

The Bush family has direct pharmaceutical connections as well. According to the

British Medical Journal, Bush Sr. was a board member at Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals, and Bush Jr. appointed Lilly's CEO, Sidney Taurel, as a member

of Homeland Security Council.

One might have been able to write off ' stunning report as a

conspiracy theory, if it weren't for the lawsuits of Dr. lin and Dr.

Stefan Kruszewski. lin, a former Warner-Lambert (now part of Pfizer)

employee, was " paid to lie to doctors " about prescribing the drug Neurontin in

cases where it was neither clinically safe nor effective. Pfizer pleaded guilty

to criminal fraud and agreed to pay $430 million in fines. That amount pales in

comparison to the $2.9 billion in annual Neurontin sales.

Dr. Kruszewski was hired as a psychiatric consultant for the Pennsylvania

Department of Health and Human Services. In his current federal lawsuit, he

alleges he was fired after he uncovered corrupt relations between Pennsylvania

politicians and pharmaceutical representatives. Allegations of fraudulent

medication billings to the United States government were also voiced. Even more

disturbing, however, is his allegation that four children and one adult died

while under the state's care, and all were prescribed lethal combinations of

anti-psychotic drugs. He was denied access to the autopsy records and later

fired.

Illinois has been the first state to adopt the New Freedom Commission's

proposal. All children ages 0-18 and pregnant women must undergo mandatory

mental health screenings. Iowa is moving towards adopting the proposal. On

September 15, Congress voted 95-315 against a bill to cut federal funding for

school mental health screenings.

The implications are astounding. Politicians are bedding with pharmaceutical

companies at the detriment of the American people. But even more alarming is the

concept of forced screenings and the desire to drug our children. If there are

that many children suffering from mental illness, we need to examine our society

to find out why. Prevention is the answer-NOT doping up young children with

mind-altering psychotropic medications!

If this initiative proliferates, how long before parents of diagnosed children

will be charged with negligence if they choose not to medicate their children?

The New Freedom Initiative is another anti-freedom policy spawned by Bush that

reeks of corruption and malicious intent, but is disguised a goodwill gesture

towards the disabled. As with the Patriot Act, Bush applied a buzzword, freedom,

and assumed it would enjoy support from the ignorant masses. It is now the

responsibility of every American citizen to stand up and just say no to Bush's

drugs.

References: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7454/1458

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp? ARTICLE_ID=39078

http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=17748

http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Publications/Block%20Grant%2008-29-03%20FINAL.doc

http://psychrights.org/Drugs/TMAPJanuary20.pdf

http://www.namiscc.org/News/2004/Spring/PfizerGuilty.htm

http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/04/07/07.html

http://www.teenscreen.org/newsroom/downloads/Annualreport3.pdf - Page 5.

Legislation for the proposal has already been introduced in Pennsylvania,

Georgia, and Nevada, with governors in Iowa and Florida also supporting the

screenings.

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