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Old 01-09-2013, 07:24 PM  
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Originally Posted by Caligari View Post
You are correct that anti-depressants are a major concern, but any behavior modification or mood altering drugs including ADD or ADHD drugs are typically ill-prescribed and lead to life long addictions with a variety of side effects.

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2010/sid...d-medications/
On use of ADHD drugs-
Results showed that 48 percent of the 325 patients surveyed reported at least one side effect, most often loss of appetite, sleep problems, and mood swings.

So the idea of big pharma baby sitting your kids should be cause for alarm.

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I agree that all sorts of things are being over-prescribed to children. big pharma puts big pressure (and rewards) on doctors to push their pills.

This country has been sold out to big money interests in sooooo many ways
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