Guest guest Posted June 7, 2006 Report Posted June 7, 2006 http://www.macleans.ca Maclean's June 5, 2006 THE RITALIN WAR MAIL BAG THANKS VERY MUCH for presenting an interesting article on the war against the " legal " drugging of school kids. First off, I do not share the opinion that all drugs are bad and that we should never use any drug. However, to use mind-altering drugs on schoolchildren is quite another matter. When one really looks into this issue of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, one finds that there is no real medical evidence that this disease actually exists. What we do have is a label put on kids who don't sit still and do their homework. Has this changed over the past 100 years? Hardly! Now add a poor diet and sugary soft drinks. Why would we take for granted the opinion from some person in a white coat, advocating putting our kids on drugs rather than feeding them better? Simple. We've been bamboozled into believing that control of our kids is just a pill away. Dr. , Vancouver DANYLO HAWALESHKA'S article about le Lavigueur and her son ( " A new war over Ritalin, " Health, May 15) has more to do with how controversial Scientology is than with how dangerous Ritalin is. As a father of three and a man who is concerned about the future of our kids, I have talked with thousands of parents about the very same thing this article should be focused on -- the over-drugging of our kids with these dangerous psychotropic drugs and the coercion used to make the kids take them. I have met parents and relatives of suicide victims using these dangerous drugs, and countless others who have experienced severe side effects, including permanent brain damage. Nobody cared what my religion was and I didn't care what their religion was. All I cared about was that parents were getting educated about the truth of what these drugs do to their kids. Tom Beattie, Fredericksburg, Va. ++ If you would rather not receive the latest news via this e-mail line, please send a message to records@... with " UNSUBSCRIBE ME " in the subject line. (posted as a requirement under legal and contractual requirements.) Quote
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