Child Drugging

Where once sending children to school meant a guarantee of a structured, nurturing and effective education, today�s parents are concerned about not only declining moral standards but also escalating drug use and abuse.

One stimulant prescribed for ADHD is more potent than cocaine. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports it can also lead to addiction and �psychotic episodes, violent behavior and bizarre mannerisms.� Suicide is a major complication of withdrawal from this and similar amphetamine-like drugs.

Millions more children are prescribed Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. In 2003 and 2004, British, Australian and European agencies warned doctors not to prescribe these antidepressants for under 18-year-olds because of the risk of suicide. The U.S. regulatory agency ordered a �black box� label warning of suicide risk be added to SSRI packaging.

Psychiatrists are pushing these dangerous drugs into our schools while knowing that many childhood problems that can appear to be symptoms of �ADHD,� are, in fact, allergic reactions. High levels of lead from the environment can place children at risk of both school failure and delinquent or unruly behavior; high mercury (chemical) levels in the body may cause agitation; pesticides can create nervousness, poor concentration, irritability, memory problems and depression. More often than not, children simply need to be tutored and learn how to effectively study.

A solution for people experiencing mental troubles is to ensure that no underlying physical condition is causing the problem. Charles B. Inlander wrote in Medicine on Trial: �People with real or alleged psychiatric or behavioral disorders are being .misdiagnosed�and harmed�to an astonishing degree. � Many of them do not have psychiatric problems but exhibit physical symptoms that may mimic mental conditions, and so they are misdiagnosed, put on drugs, put in institutions and sent into a limbo from which they may never return.�

According to the California Department of Mental Health Medical Evaluation Field Manual (1991), �Mental health professionals working within a mental health system have a professional and a legal obligation to recognize the presence of physical disease in their patients � physical diseases may cause a patient�s mental disorder [or] may worsen a mental disorder.�

Once society understood that �confession is good for the soul.� Nowadays, with the soul expunged by psychiatric propaganda, and �right� and �wrong� discredited, society is told that �confession will reduce your esteem, which by the way, is no more than a biochemical accident of nature that is better controlled by drugs.�

It is no surprise then, that with the safety valve of confession and the sanctity of religion discredited, many children and adults today live spiritually deprived lives burdened with unrelieved guilt, insecurity, and without hope for their future.

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