The Drugging of Our Children

In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave little room for other causes or exacerbating factors, such as diet and environment, for instance. Hence, diagnosing a child or adolescent with ADD or ADHD is often the outcome, although no organic basis for either diagnosis has been found. Psychiatrists may then prescribe psychotropic drugs for the children without first without making it clear to parents that these medications can have severe side-effects including insomnia, loss of appetite, headaches, psychotic symptoms and even potentially fatal adverse reactions, such as cardiac arrhythmia. Many school systems actually work with government agencies to coerce parents into drugging their children; and even threaten to have their children taken from them.