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> Does DARE teach about
> Ritalin?
>
> Do most educator's know that Ritalin is just one
> molecule away from crack cocaine?
> Here is an interesting article.
>
> "Doping our Kids
> Prescription drugs at root of violence experts say"
> By David M. Bresnahan
> 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
>
> Mind altering drugs may be the cause of violence among school children,
> according to some doctors and other experts. Millions of children are
> legally taking drugs similar to cocaine in schools every day.
> The drugs are Ritalin, Prozac, and others.
>
> The claims that behavioral drugs cause violence in children came after
news
> reports that Eric Harris, one of the shooters in the Columbine High School
> shooting, was reported to have been taking such medication. Harris was
also
> rejected by the Marines for medical reasons. The Marines would only say
that
> anyone who is currently being treated by a doctor would be rejected.
>
> Other shootings and violent acts at schools across the nation have been
> committed by children receiving psychiatric care, counseling, and drugs
such
> as Ritalin, according to several groups.
>
> At least two organizations claim that over-use of Ritalin is to blame for
the
> escalating incidents of children committing acts of violence on other
> children. They claim the problem has reached pandemic proportions and
will get worse before it gets better. Other experts place the blame on
> inadequate parenting, while legislators propose new laws.
>
> A report issued in 1995 by the Drug Enforcement Agency warned that
> Ritalin "shares many of the pharmacological effects of ... cocaine."
>
> There are some experts who claim Ritalin can cause psychotic reactions
> resulting in violent behavior toward others and suicide. Defenders of
> the drug claim those reactions are symptoms of the condition, not the drug
> itself.
>
> Support for the claim that the use of Ritalin can cause psychotic
> reactions can be found in medical literature and studies. A simple search
on the
> Internet revealed extensive volumes of medically credible documents
> listing a vast number of warnings and side effects to the drug, which is
classified by
> the U.S. government in the same category as cocaine and heroin.
>
> One Internet site provides frequently asked medical questions with answers
> from doctors. Drug Infonet warns that there are "no studies in animals or
> humans" and that "risks are unknown currently." Among the side effects
> the doctors warn about are "psychotic thought processes."
>
> "The use of Ritalin on children has no purpose other than to slow them
down,
> shut them up, and make it more difficult for them to move around,"
> described Dennis H. Clarke, Chairman, Executive Advisory Board, Citizens
> Commission On
> Human Rights International. He believes that Ritalin is an easy way out
for
> parents and teachers, rather than dealing directly with behavior problems
in
> children.
>
> Clarke also points to the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
> Disorders, Third Revised Edition," published by the American Psychiatric
>
> Association, as supporting his claims of the dangers of Ritalin in
children.
> All the critical information about Ritalin has been removed in the more
> recent edition, which he says supports his claim that the industry is
engaged
> in a cover up. Proponents of the use of the drug claim the change was
> simply made in error.
>
> Clarke claims that children who take Ritalin in elementary school are
> often switched to Prozac and other drugs as they grow older. The effects
of
> Ritalin can cause problems long after the prescription is stopped, he
added.
>
> "When they go through puberty, this becomes true speed," explainedClarke.
> "They get these flashbacks and their thinking goes out of control. They're
> now looking for downers. They want the anti-depressants. They want the
> tranquilizer."
>  Clarke is not alone. Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, director of the International
> Coalition for Drug Awareness is equally concerned.
>
> "They are switching lots of these kids from Ritalin to Prozac -- the
frying
> pan into the fire routine," she told WorldNetDaily. "Kip Kinkel in the
Oregon
> shooting last summer was a perfect example of the effects. The chances the
> boy in Arkansas was on it are great."
>
> She also pointed out that adults who use such drugs also commit violent
> crimes at a higher rate. Dr. Tracy is from Utah where the use of Ritalin
>  and Prozac are reported to be at a rate three times greater than the rest
of
>  the country per capita. She said Utah's rate of murders and suicides has
also
> increased by a similar amount. Dr. Tracy confirmed news reports that
Harris
> reportedly was taking the drug Luvox, a drug in the same classification as
> Prozac. She said many people who take that drug are confronted with
> compulsive sexual behavior, in addition to exhibiting violent behavior.
The
> stories of violent children leave many shaking their heads in disbelief
and
> shock. Texas law would not even permit the arrest of two boys who
allegedly
> abducted, beat, and sexually abused a 3-year-old girl because they are
> too young -- seven and eight years old. An 11-year-old was arrested in the
> incident, but children under 10 may not be detained.
>
> There have been numerous incidents in which young children have brought
> various weapons to school. Young children have recently held students at
>  bay with guns at schools in Utah and Idaho. Some have used them, and one
> incident
> in Arkansas brought international attention when four school children and
one
> teacher were shot dead at a middle school. Even peaceful students who were
> saying prayers outside their school fell victim to a classmate who gunned
> them down.
>
> The high number of incidents involving violent children, as well as an
> increase in children who commit suicide, can be attributed to an
> ever-increasing number of children who are being given drugs to control
their
> behavior, according to Clarke.
>
> He agreed that the evidence for his claim is hard to come by. Medical
> information about the children in these incidents is typically
confidential
> and never made public. He said he comes by his information through
comments
> and remarks made to the press and in court, even though the actual medical
> records are not available to him.
>
> "We do know, for example, that the 13-year-old in Jonesboro was being
> treated. Apparently they were saying he had been sexually abused as a
child.
> They were saying he was now a sexual abuser. He had a hyperactivity type
>
> label put on him as well -- or 'attention deficit disorder.' So we had
> several different things working with him. There is no chance under the
sun,
> moon, or stars that this kid was not on drugs," described Clarke.
>
> Clarke went beyond his claims of psychotic side effects to the drug. He
also
> claims that pharmaceutical companies go to great lengths and expense to
> cover up the problems that take place. When an incident of violence
occurs,
> the pharmaceutical "crash teams" go to work to keep things quiet,
according
> to Clarke.
>
> Teams of psychiatrists are sent to the places where incidents take place
>  and quickly work to see that medical records are kept sealed, doctors are
> convinced to remain silent, and victims are given monetary payments to
> prevent them from ever going to court.
>
> "It's all being covered up, and it's deliberate. There are billions and
> billions of dollars at stake here," explained Clarke. He compared the
> cover up to the tobacco companies and the deceptions which are now
apparently
> coming to light.
>
> Pharmaceutical companies respond to claims by Clarke and others bysaying
> there is no credible proof to substantiate the claims. Credible proof
would
> require a double blind controlled study, which the scientific community
could
> also duplicate, and that type of study would be illegal, according to
> Clarke.
>
> "You can't run an experiment to see if somebody is going to take an
> AK-47 and shoot up everyone he knows. You can't run an experiment to find
out if a
>  child is going to kill himself," explained Clarke.
>
> A thorough review of medical literature was also performed by
MaryEberstadt
> of the Heritage Foundation's Policy Review magazine, found in the April
> edition. She points out that the drug has doubled in use since 1990 and
has
> become popular for abuse by teens who have ready access to it.
>
> "Ritalin works on children just like cocaine and other stimulants work on
> adults -- sharpening the short-term attention span when the drug kicks in
and
> producing 'valleys' when the effect wears off," Eberstadt points out.
>
> Teachers, school administrators, and even doctors hold to the belief that
if
> a child responds well to Ritalin, then it is safe to conclude that the
child
> suffers from ADD. A study by the National Institute of Mental Health
disputes
> that assumption. That study shows that all children and adults who are
given
> Ritalin will display improved performance and attention span, regardless
of
> whether they are diagnosed with ADD or not.
>
> Utah is reported to have the highest per capita use of Ritalin in the
nation.
> A call to a local elementary school found a teacher who believes strongly
in
> the use of the drug to control otherwise difficult children. She did not
want
> her name published, but confirmed that she routinely makes
> recommendations for children in her classes to be given the drug. All the
children she has
> recommended have ended up with the prescription, and their parents have
> expressed gratitude. She said 11 of the 29 children in her first-grade
class
> are now taking the drug in school each day.
>  Clarke predicts the future will see an even greater number of violent
> children. Unless the correlation of the use of Ritalin with violent acts
is
> openly established, Clarke says the general public, health officials, and
> parents will fail to recognize the true nature and the extent of a
pandemic
> he says is already sweeping the nation.
>  "Warning: sufficient data on the safety and efficacy (effectiveness) of
long
> term use of Ritalin in children are not yet available," warns CIBA
> Pharmaceutical Company in a product information release. The warning is
> intended to serve as a protection from liability. The drug has been on the
> market for 50 years.
>
> "In other words, if you have a child on Ritalin, and leave the child on
for
> a 'long term,' which is not defined but can be assumed to mean over three
> weeks, you are on your own as far as CIBA Pharmaceutical Company is
> concerned. They have warned you," described Clarke.
>
> "Ritalin only exists to slow down the fast kids and give us quieter and
less
> active children. We now have at least 14 quieter less active children
there
> in Colorado. This is the product that we're going to be seeing over and
over
> again. These children are being devastated by the drugs," he warned.
>
> Herbert S. Okun, a member of the International Drug Control Board for the
> United Nations held a news conference recently to issue a warning. He said
> his board is very concerned that methylphenidate, or Ritalin, is greatly
>  over-prescribed in the U.S. He said there are 330 million daily doses of
>
> Ritalin taken each day in the U.S., compared with just 65 million for the
> rest of the world.
>
> Ritalin is prescribed for children diagnosed with ADD. The condition has
>  never been fully proven to even exist, and the criteria for diagnosis are
so
> general that virtually anyone would qualify for a prescription.
>
> There have been many studies showing the benefits of
> Glyconutrients with children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD.
> PHYTO-BEARS are Gummi Bear-like products which have both
> phytochemicals and Ambrotose for cellular communication.
> If you would like a copy of an excellent cassette tape entitled,
> "For Parents Only"
>
>
> LET'S RID THE WORLD OF RITALIN!
>
>  Paracelsus, the father of Pharmacology, said, "All that man  requires to
> maintain and improve health is found in nature, it is up to science to
find it."