Ritalin is a controlled substance that cannot even be called in by the doctor, but the prescription must be hand carried by the parent to the pharmacy. Please cite an example where a school district diagnosed, purchased, and administered a controlled substance to a child.
I can state that my Niece was strongly advised to give her ADHD (read: unruly brat) son Ritalin or he would be kicked out of school.
How many 10-12YO school girls are being forced to take some kind of medicine even though it is against the parent’s values? Even, vaccinations are a push in my humble opinion.
They're pushing for it in Mass. with trying to allow young girls barely into puberty to go on the pill, dispensed with or without parental notification or knowledge, by the school nurse.
And then there's the *if you don't follow your doctor's advice, we'll blow you into social services* route. If the kid's put into foster care and he becomes a ward of the state, they can give him any medication they deem necessary.
I seem to recall some drug testing for AIDS/HIV on foster care kids but don't remember where it occurred. It was some years back.
Parental rights mean nothing if social services gets into the act and if it's the school putting pressure on DSS, then the school has essentially prescribed and overseen the administration of the drug.