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Resistance Grows Against Excessive Medicating of Young Children
Submitted by Scott on Tue, 2001-07-24 20:34
The Dallas Morning News reported here that Connecticut recently passed legislation barring school officials and counselors from recommending psychiatric drugs for students. Schools can still recommend that a student be evaluated by a doctor or psychiatrist, and I think this makes sense - so students who do have mental health problems can still be helped. The strong support for this bill is testimony to the fact that too often, kids (especially boys) are being drugged up excessively and needlessly, and the public is concerned about this.Source: The Dalls Morning News [newspaper]
Title: Law reflects backlash against medicating kids
Author: Matthew Daly
Date: July 18, 2001
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