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From: "Independent History & Research" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CIA Programmed Kaczynski
Date: 24 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT
We're Reaping Tragic Legacy From Drugs | ALEXANDER COCKBURN
July 6, 1999
Culture: From government LSD experiments to overuse of drugs like
Ritalin, the consequences are overwhelming...
It turns out that Theodore Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber,
was a volunteer in mind-control experiments sponsored by the
CIA at Harvard in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
...There are a number of other instances. Apropos possible
linkage, Dr. Peter Breggin, author of books on Prozac and
Ritalin, has said, "I have no doubt that Prozac can
contribute to violence and suicide. I've seen many cases.
In the recent clinical trial, 6% of the children became
psychotic on Prozac. And manic psychosis can lead to
violence."
A 15-year-old girl attending a ritzy liberal arts school in
the Northeast told me that 80% of the kids in her class were
on Prozac, Ritalin or Dexedrine. The pretext used by the
school authorities is attention deficit disorder or attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, with a diagnosis
made on the basis of questions such as: "Do you find yourself
daydreaming or looking out the window?"
Ritalin is being given to about 2 million American
schoolchildren. A 1986 article by Richard Scarnati in the
International Journal of the Addictions lists more than a
hundred adverse reactions to Ritalin, including paranoid
delusions, paranoid psychosis, amphetamine-like psychosis
and terror.
Meanwhile, uncertainty reigns on the precise nature of the
complaint that Ritalin is supposed to be treating. One panel
reviewing the proceedings at a conference on ADHD last year
even doubted whether the disorder is a "valid" diagnosis of a
broad range of children's behavior, and said there was little
evidence Ritalin did any good. In 1996, the Drug Enforcement
Administration denounced the use of Ritalin and concluded
that "the dramatic increase in the use of [Ritalin] in the
1990s should be viewed as a marker or warning to society."
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There is so much misinformation and misleading information in this
article that I feel compelled to respond.
First, no apparent distinct statement is made as to whether the author
believes the nature of AD/HD to be spurious and/or the relationship of such a
disorder to successful treatment with Ritalin and other medications. If he
is making either of those assertions, he is dead wrong, and there is a Cosmos
of good hard literature to say otherwise, including brain scans.
If he is not saying this, then irrespective of whether there is any truth
in the statements--to say nothing of the innuendos--offered, he does
people--like myself and my son who suffer from this disorder--a great
disservice, as he also performs for those members of the Medical and allied
professions which have done so very much to help people.
A few observations:
A recent study demonstratred that the diagnosis and treatment of AD/HD is
actually underestimated and undertreated. It was a very well-controlled
study; and the authors, interestingly enough, admit that they were of the
opinion initially that that the study would show exactly the opposite. The
fact that a fifteen year old gives her sage observation regarding the nature
of the disorder and the incidence of treatment appropriate or otherwise comes
as absolutely no surprise--to anyone who has had a fifteen year old. Perhaps
the author has never been similarly cursed. Surely his budget allows more
qualified source material.
The inferences about Prozak and about the multiple-choice tests for
Distractability are absurd, and require no comment.
Last, I want you all to know that the disorder is very real, that the
presence of it is measurable and has been shown to be distinctly neurological
not Psychiatric (co-morbidity and adjustment problems notwithstanding.) Alan
Zimetkin at Harvard, who has done the largest number of SPEC scans in the
world, has yet to unearth one false negative or false positive brain scan in
the diagnosis of AD/HD. No one else has, either. This is truly extrordinary
and cannot be ignored.
The author of this article, however, can be ignored.
-Moss David Posner, M.D.
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