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  • House OKs Ban on Forcing Kids' Medication

    05/21/2003 12:15:13 PM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 27 replies · 375+ views
    AP via Excite News ^ | May 21, 2003 | ELIZABETH WOLFE
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Wednesday to prohibit schools from making children with behavioral or mental problems take medication in order to attend class. Under the bill, passed 425-1, states receiving federal education money must make sure schools do not coerce parents into medicating their children. "School personnel may have good intentions, but parents should never be required to decide between their child's education and keeping them off potentially harmful drugs," said Rep. Max Burns, R-Ga., who sponsored the legislation. In recent decades, more children have been diagnosed with attention deficit or hyperactivity disorders and prescribed drugs such as...