Alarm as prescriptions of Ritalin to children reach a record high

The Telegraph, Information Liberation ^

[kenth]

Prescription instead of parenting.

[hombre_sincero]

Too late for millions of brain damaged American boys. Condemned solely for being a male adolecent.

Soon we will hang all those so-called doctors who prescribed that poison. Lobotomy by prescription brought ot you by your neighborhood psychiatrist/psychologist - the modern version of Witch-Doctors!

[AZ_Cowboy]

Bingo! It's sickening, isn't it?

[digger48]

I've read that the military does not want recruits who have been on Ritalin.

Is this true? If so, it would explain the push by the NEA for more drugs in school kiddies.

[BigFinn]

Drugs = Big money... I get the feeling that a lot of parents have lost control of their home. The kids eat sugary foods all day, sit and play with game-boys and watch TV for hours on end and then act up because of this chemical imbalance and lack of exercise. Just put them on the farm, feed them wholesome foods and have them do chores. That would cure a lot of this ADHD.

[goodnesswins]

Is is just MY experience, but are most of the boys who are prescribed Ritalin from Fatherless homes?

[I got the rope]

Looks like some parents are raising a bunch of future Frenchman.

[Graymatter]

Rhoda! What a way to behave!

[digger48]

Is is just MY experience, but are most of the boys who are prescribed Ritalin from Fatherless homes?

I believe it has more to do with the homes lacking discipline.. Which surely would include one-parent kids.

[msnimje]

Before I started home schooling, there were a team of teachers and counselors who would regularly gang up on me trying to get me to pbut my son on drugs. I kept saying, "He is not paying attention because your teachers are boring him, how about you put them on drugs?"

I was so upset how cavalier they were about drugging my child I went to the doctor and told him I would like a prescription of Ritalin for myself. He said, "No way, that stuff is dangerous, why would you want to take THAT? "

[cynicom]

Teachers cannot or will whack the students, they refer behavior problems to counselors and the result is another zombie student in special ed class. This requires more teachers, more taxes etc etc.

[Fido969]

They don't tel you it's most BOYS they dope up with Ritalin.

Cancel sports, make classes "girl friendly" and can't stand those acting out boys!

Sedate them!

[metmom]

Who knows what effect all these drugs kids are being pumped with is going to have on their development as adults. You can't mess with body chemistry like that and not expect problems. I'm not talking about ordinary OTC stuff for colds and the like but this is different. All for the want of a docile, complacent class. Reminds me of Brave New World.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When I was growing up, they didn't have Ritalin. My father actually cured our "attention deficit" with a leather belt. He was always able to get our attention. Although he's been gone for a long time, I still love him for it.

[Jean S]

Your link goes to a chat site, not to the Telegraph.

Why?

[TrailofTears]

And the real alarm is that about 85% of the children who are prescribed this drug are boys. Wow, are we surprised at that reality? There has been a war against boys in the public education for the last 40 years.

[Love_For_Freedom]

You've got it exactly. Now you can add psychoactive drugs to the list along with trash for food, mind numbing video games, psychologically damaging television shows, and total lack of physical activity. You have to wonder how the food, drug, and entertainment industry people can sleep at night knowing their profits come from the engineered destruction of an entire generation of children.

[TrailofTears]

YOu have to be free of any prescribed drugs like this one for a whole year before you can go into the military.

[concerned about politics]

So? It makes a teachers job easier to drug the kids. Isn't that what the public schools are all about? The teachers union? Since when have the kids been important?
(Actually, they really do think like this at the NEA)