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Ending the nightmare.(Education)
How can the nightmare described by Dr. Baughman be ended? The most obvious remedy is to deprive schools of the ability to force parents to drug their children. In recent years, the states of Connecticut, Minnesota, Virginia, Illinois, Colorado, and Oregon have passed laws prohibiting the forced drugging of school-children. (A similar measure in Utah, passed by a solid majority of state legislators, was vetoed by Republican Governor Michael Leavitt.) Legislatures in 13 other states have introduced similar legislation. On May 21st, the U.S. House of Representatives passed (by a vote of 425-1) H.R. 1170, the Child Medication and Safety Act, which would enact a national ban on forced drugging of school-children. Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced a companion bill in the Senate on July 10th.
Attractive as that federal legislation may be, there is a serious catch. As neurologist Dr. Fred Baughman observed, the ADHD/Ritalin nightmare was "orchestrated from above" with federal assistance; it has grown as federal control over the school system expands. Enhancing federal power to right a federally abetted problem ...
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