Friday, October 21, 2011

We are drugging our children for being children

We are drugging our children for being children:

Re: New rules drop age for use of Ritalin-type drugs, Oct. 17

These new guidelines issued to doctors for prescribing psychostimulant drugs to children as young as four are a step in the wrong direction.

The potential over-diagnosis of ADD (attention deficit disorder) sweeping the nation is already a concern, and these rules will simply exacerbate the problem.

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