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When you have psychiatrists criticizing the volume and types of drugs that are being given to these kids then you know something is seriously wrong:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/foster-kids-meds-finding-solutions-congress-hearing-foster-care-psychotropic-drugs-2020-15077829
If this does not inspire you to do something…
I have always thought that the characteristics that defined Attention Deficit Disorder was pretty much the same definition that one would make for an active, healthy, young boy. This is the most recent 
incarnation of the description of ADHD that give psychiatrists and doctors an excuse to drug out children. More often than not it is the parent’s or teacher’s intolerance and impatience than anything that the child is doing wrong.
Here is one where the psychiatrists and the police state did not win. Several months ago Maryanne Godbolbo tried to keep her daughter from forcibly being taken by child care services in Detroit (they had no legal right to take her daughter). The police forcibly entered her home and took her daughter. The case is still ongoing but the judge has kept the state from giving the daughter more drugs as she was doing better without and is having her released to her father.
http://michigancitizen.com/godboldos-focus-on-daughters-release-p9707-1.htm
How far can government agencies push us. Maryanne Godboldo is pushing back to defend her child and her basic rights laid out by the Constitution of the United States of America no less her basic human rights.
Child Protective Services took Maryanne’s daughter without a legal warrant – by force.
Read the articles by Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com:
http://www.naturalnews.com/032091_Maryanne_Godboldo_gun_rights.html
Don’t let this one disappear – tell people about it.
By Richard Martin, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Sunday, July 18, 2010
From St Petersburg Times, St Petersburg, FL
If you are pregnant or know someone who is, then you need to read this article:
“Malicious” use of drugs an under-recognized form of child abuse
By Laura Stone, Postmedia News
“The “malicious” use of pharmaceuticals on children is an under-recognized form of child abuse, according to a study released on July 22.
New research that analyzes information from the U.S. National Poison Centre Data System from the past decade shows a small but steady number of children, median age two, who were found to have been exposed to at least one sedating agent, including street drugs, antipsychotics, cough medicines, and ethanol.
“It’s an aspect of child abuse that is not often considered,” said Dr. Shan Yin, a pediatrician at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and author of the study published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
“I think this is going on, probably throughout the country, and we’re not paying attention to it.”
The study looked at cases from 2000 to 2008, involving pharmaceutical exposure to children under seven years old, for which the reason was coded as “malicious” by poison centre standards.”
Read more: Malicious Use of Drugs
“In the same year, the Washington Post published the fact that Ritalin which is prescribed to very young children had never been tested on that age group (under 6′s) and yet, between 150,000 – 200,000 children between the ages of 2 and 4 were prescribed Ritalin.”
~ Hilary Butler letter to British Medical Journal 2004
Fact: Ritalin is a Schedule II Substance, which means Ritalin has a “high potential for abuse” that “may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence,” and the federal government sets limits on the amount of these amphetamine drugs that may be manufactured each year.
There isn’t enough blog post room here to list ALL of the side effects of Ritalin. Visit http://ritalinsideeffects.net/ to see the full list.
You remember that movie, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”? Do they still do ECT therapy? Ask around. People will say to you, “No, they give people medication now.” Nope.
Stop Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy
In Canada, 130 hospitals give ECT.
Statistics for ECTs given yearly are:
· Ontario, Canada – 14,000 (approximate) ECTs given yearly
· USA – 100,000 Americans get ECTs yearly
· Worldwide – estimated to be 1 to 2 million ECTs given yearly.
The side effects of ECT include brain damage, permanent memory loss and even death. Consider that the elderly are now increasingly the recipients of electroconvulsive shock therapy.
In British Columbia, people 65 years of age and over comprised 44 per cent of the 835 patients receiving ECT in 2001. The article in the web link shows similar percentages for the other provinces in Canada.
Debates over ECT for the elderly.
Opponents of ECT, like Dr. John Breeding, a Texas psychologist, say the actual death rate among elderly electroshock recipients is closer to one in 200 patients, or 0.5 per cent.
Even the World Health Organization opposes electroconvulsive therapy:
“Although significant controversy surrounds electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and some people believe it should be abolished, it has been and continues to be used in many countries for certain mental disorders. If ECT is used, it should only be administered after obtaining informed consent.
“And it should only be administered in modified form, i.e. with the use of anaesthesia and muscle relaxants. The practice of using unmodified ECT should be stopped.
“There are no indications for the use of ECT on minors, and hence this should be prohibited through legislation.”
Source: Page 64 – WHO RESOURCE BOOK ON MENTAL HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGISLATION WHO 2005
Benedetto Saraceno, MD
A few nights ago, I watched a documentary on teen sensation, Justin Bieber. His mother and grandparents were interviewed. The grandfather remarked how Justin would never sit still and he always had to be doing something. They put him in soccer and numerous other sports. Justin worked very hard to learn how to be a musician and to play the the drums, guitar, piano, and trumpet on his own. He would perform on the street and would never come home with less than $150-$200 after an hour or two, according to the grandfather. Now, at the ripe old age of 16, he is a teen superstar. Justin Bieber go!
What if a teacher with a low tolerance for activity had come upon this child? Would they have recommended he be put on Ritalin? Calm him down. Make him conform to the class.
An interesting article from the British Medical Journal (2003) tells of 5 million or so kids in the USA on Ritalin or Adderall for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD). An editorial on this can be found with other interesting information at the site What Doctors Don’t Tell You.
How much creativity has been destroyed by these drugs in the last 30 years? Which Einsteins, which Rembrandts and which Mozarts have been destroyed due to the irresponsible use of drugs such as Ritalin or Adderall?
Fortunately Justin Bieber’s parents were more interested in him as a person and cared more about him than killing his spirit.
In British Columbia, Canada there is a class action suit against Pfizer. You can read the article in the Nation Post here: http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2760945
The plaintiiffs contend that Pfizer’s drug Champix is dangerous, causing depression and possibly suicide – Patricia Clow of Colwood, B.C., says that it caused her daughter to commit suicide. Champix is on the market in US and Canada as a product to help quit smoking.
There are a couple of remarks that stand out to me. The first is:
“In July 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required Pfizer to insert a ‘black box’ warning into its labelling about the risk of suicide or psychiatric harm.”
The second:
“The agency [Health Canada] also noted, however, that symptoms like depressed mood, insomnia, irritability, frustration, anger and anxiety are often reported while quitting smoking, with or without drug treatment.”
Now I contend that this second statement by Health Canada was more than a little stupid if directed at anyone who retains any ability at all to think: Millions of people quit smoking every year. I have never heard of anyone getting so depressed or irritated or frustrated or angry or anxious that they actually committed suicide – without the help of drugs of course.
As for the first statement, why would you put a drug out on the market where the side effects are more dangerous than what they are used to cure? Here is a bit more information on the side effects of Champix take from the Wikipedia dictionary:
“In November 2007, the FDA announced it had received post-marketing reports that patients using Chantix for smoking cessation had experienced several serious symptoms, including suicidal ideation and occasional suicidal behavior, erratic behavior, and drowsiness. On February 1, 2008 the FDA issued an Alert to further clarify its findings, noting that ‘it appears increasingly likely that there is an association between Chantix and serious neuropsychiatric symptoms.’ It is unknown whether the psychiatric symptoms are related to the drug or to nicotine withdrawal symptoms, although not all patients had stopped smoking. The FDA also recommended that health care professionals and patients watch for behavioral and mood changes.[7] In May 2008, Pfizer updated the safety information associated with Chantix, noting that ‘some patients have reported changes in behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions.’”
Another point that irritates and depresses me to no end (don’t worry, I won’t commit suicide) is that Pfizer put this drug out and over the next several months numerous ‘results’ came in causing them to put additional warnings on their labels. Are they releasing these drugs and unbeknownst to the public at large using them as guinea pigs?
Please, please don’t take your doctor’s word on a drug – he gets money to push them – do your own research! I’d rather see you alive and smoking – enjoying life – than depressed and dead from suicide.
