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From: Ian Goddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RITALIN: Violence Against Boys
Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 3:52 PM
The Massachusetts News Prints Scathing Review of Ritalin
(see: http://www.massnews.com/vioboy.htm)
It's good to see a media source with the guts and moral
integrity to call the epidemic coercive and unethical
doping of children exactly what it is: "VIOLENCE."
(See my argument that it violates The Nuremberg
Code: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/nazi-rit.htm)
The fact that almost all the children being targeted
for suppression by Ritalin are boys is a clue as to
what's happening: boyhood is being defined as an illness.
Having failed to heed the warnings of Dr. Thomas Szasz
(http://www.enabling.org/ia/szasz/index.html), the
psychiatric label game is entrapping an ever-larger
segment of society, subjecting more and more people
to the brain-disabling treatments of psychiatry. Hit
with a psychiatric label, a target is psychologically
injured, a drug is then offered as the cure, but the
addictive drug is a trap that, by inducing injurious
brain disfunction, renders the subject helpless and
at the mercy of the psychiatric establishment.
One of the most important thinkers of our time,
Peter Breggin, MD, as defined this scenario:
"I have coined the term iatrogenic helplessness
and denial (IHAD) to designate the guiding
principle of biopsychiatric interventions. It
describes how the biological psychiatrist uses
authoritarian techniques, enforced by brain-
disabling interventions, to produce increased
helplessness and dependency on the part of the
patient.
"Iatrogenic helplessness and denial include the
patient's and the doctor's mutual denial of the
damaging impact of the treatment, as well as
their mutual denial of the patient's underlying
psychological and situational problems. Overall,
iatrogenic helplessness and denial account for
the frequency with which psychiatry has been
able to utilize brain-damaging technologies,
such as electroshock and psychosurgery, as
well as toxic medications."
"Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry,"
page 11 (http://www.breggin.com/prbbooks.html)
And now here's the article from The Massachusetts News
=============== THE MASSACHUSETTS NEWS ==================
========== http://www.massnews.com/vioboy.htm ===========
RITALIN: VIOLENCE AGAINST BOYS
Drug is being used to sedate active, young boys
November 1--If Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were in
a school in Massachusetts today, they'd be drugged with
Ritalin, according to many psychiatrists and other
experts.
The drug is being used to sedate active, young boys
because the teachers are unable to relate to them. It
is in the same psychoactive category as cocaine.
Somewhere between 29,000 and 48,000 children in
Massachusetts� public schools are operating under the
influence of Ritalin -- and they are almost all boys.
The income to the drug company is between $30 to $60
per month per medicated child.
A prominent psychiatrist tells Massachusetts News that
one of the key problems for children today, which may be
causing the increase in the number of children diagnosed
as mentally ill, is the increase in fatherless families.
He is Dr. Peter Breggin, director of the International
Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology in
Bethesda, Maryland, who published an article in The
Boston Globe last month on its editorial page under the
headline, "Kids Are Suffering Legal Drug Abuse." However,
it did not mention the gender problem. Breggin wrote:
"In a society that�s supposed to accept and even value
differences, drugging shy children reflects an extreme
of enforced conformity...
"We are the first adults to handle the generation gap
through the wholesale drugging of our children. We may be
guaranteeing that future generations will be relatively
devoid of people who think critically, raise painful
questions, generate productive conflicts, or lead us to
new spiritual and political insights."
Dr. Breggin tells Massachusetts News that most children
who have been labeled as having "Attention Deficit
Disorder," don�t get enough attention from their fathers.
The parents may be divorced. Or the dads are preoccupied
with their work or other things.
"The 'cure' for these children is more rational and
loving attention from their dads," says Breggin. "Young
people are nowadays so hungry for the attention of a
father that it can come from any male adult. Seemingly
impulsive, hostile groups of children will calm down when
a caring, relaxed and firm adult male is around."
Many of these children are receiving Ritalin from their
school nurse. It is supposed to help these hyperactive
youngsters focus on their work.
Yet whether the drug is even needed isn't clear; doctors
and scientists are split on the issue. And many critics
worry that mothers and fathers, schools and doctors may
be medicating kids who only need traditional discipline
and love -- not a pill.
New York Times Writes About Massachusetts� Problem
The New York Times wrote a story earlier this year about
the problem that these drugs are causing for overworked
school nurses in Massachusetts.
Janet Douglass, a director of the School Health Institute
at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, said that
in a recent visit to a nearby elementary school she had
been struck by the overall level of medication.
"I think they give out more psychotropic medication than
a psych hospital did when I did psych," she said. "Not
just Ritalin, but heavy-duty psychiatric medications."
The Times reported that a survey of Boston schools showed
that the nurses had given about 200,000 doses of
medication. "But school officials said the survey was
imperfect and the actual number of doses was probably
higher."
The exact number of Massachusetts children on Ritalin
isn't known because no one apparently keeps track of the
prescriptions except the drug makers, and they�re not
talking.
Abuse in New England Prep Schools
The abuse of Ritalin as a recreational drug is also a
problem. It was first seen in New England prep schools,
according to Dr. Eric Heiligenstein, head of psychiatry
for the University of Wisconsin Health Services.
"Ritalin abuse was first noticed at New England prep
schools where access is easy because so many students
have Ritalin prescriptions -- often not warranted by
medical need." According to the DEA, at least one in 30
Americans between ages 5 and 19 has a Ritalin
prescription.
Because it has nearly the same chemical makeup as cocaine
and speed, Ritalin is often abused. The U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration reports that Ritalin "ranks in
the 'Top 10' controlled drugs stolen from doctors and
pharmacies." Kids crush the Ritalin pills into powder and
snort it or inject it.
Last fall, four youths allegedly stole 27 bottles of
pills from the nurse�s office at Westford Academy,
reported the Boston Herald. Sixteen of the bottles
contained Ritalin. Other bottles held the depressant
Lorazepam. In 1996, a girl at Duxbury High School
overdosed on Ritalin and was hospitalized. With more
public schools handing out Ritalin to more and more kids,
there�s more drug abuse. Some students even sell their
Ritalin prescriptions.
A Harvard undergraduate, "David Green," says that he
frequently snorted Ritalin to help speed through his
homework. "In all honesty, I haven�t written a paper
without Ritalin since my junior year in high school,"
said Green. "I even wrote my Harvard essay on it. It
keeps you up when you�re tired, and makes you much more
aware of what you�re doing. Although there are certain
risks involved, I think it's worth it."
Another Harvard student, Nick Grossman, said that he knew
many Ritalin abusers at Harvard. "It was largely a prep
school drug, and it spread out from there," he said. "I
know a lot of people who do it."
A recent study by researchers at the University of
California at Berkeley -- a study of 500 children over 26
years -- found that Ritalin is basically a "gateway" drug
to other drugs, in particular, cocaine. Lead researcher
Nadine Lambert, as reported in the Wall Street Journal,
concluded that Ritalin "makes the brain more susceptible
to the addictive power of cocaine and doubles the risk of
abuse."
Dr. Breggin says: "Our society viewed with loathing those
who 'pushed' stimulant drugs on children. Yet today,
there are more children taking Ritalin and amphetamine
from doctors than ever received them from illegal
pushers."
The Problem -- Not The Solution
Dr. Breggin tells Massachusetts News: "These drugs can
make you psychotic. They can cause the same problems
they're supposed to treat -- inattention, hyperactivity
and impulsive behavior."
Meanwhile, other sources show that the number of Ritalin
users nationwide keeps going up every year -- about 4
million kids today, up from 1 million in 1990. Production
of Ritalin is way up, as well -- a 700% increase since
1990, according to the New York Times.
Dr. Breggin, author of Talking Back to Ritalin and
co-author of Talking Back to Prozac, says that, "Ritalin
does not correct biochemical imbalances -- it causes
them. Pediatricians, parents and teachers are not aware
of these hazards because a large body of research
demonstrating the ill effects of this drug has been
ignored and suppressed in order to encourage the sale of
the drug. � Parents and teachers and even doctors have
been badly misled by drug company marketing practices.
Drug companies have targeted children as a big market
likely to boost profits -- and children are suffering as
a result."
More than 90% of Ritalin�s market is in the United
States, which says something about how Ritalin is viewed
by health officials in other countries, said Breggin.
Ritalin was banned in Sweden in 1968 because it was
abused. Ritalin is rarely prescribed in Britain. In
March, the United Nations advised the World Health
Organization to investigate the use of Ritalin.
Causing Tragic Violence?
Ritalin and related drugs pushed in public schools are
being watched more closely now for tragic reasons. While
a direct link between violent behavior and the use of
Ritalin has not been proven, observers have concerns.
Consider the following:
*** Shawn Cooper, a 15-year-old sophomore at Notus
Junior-Senior High School in Notus, Idaho, fired a
shotgun at his fellow students in April. Cooper was on
Ritalin.
*** Thomas Solomon, a 15-year-old at Heritage High School
in Conyers, Georgia, shot and wounded six classmates in
May. Solomon was on Ritalin.
*** Kip Kinkel, a 15-year-old at Thurston High School in
Springfield, Oregon, killed his parents and two
classmates and wounded 22 other students last year.
Kinkel was on Ritalin and Prozac, an anti-depressant.
*** Eric Harris, one of the Columbine High School
killers, was on the anti-depressant drug Luvox.
*** Rod Matthews, 14, beat a classmate to death with a
baseball bat in 1986 in Canton, Massachusetts. Matthews
had been on Ritalin since the third grade.
Yale researchers, as published in the March 1991 Journal
of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychology, found in their study of Prozac at least one
12-year-old who started having nightmares. What about?
The boy dreamed of killing his classmates at school until
he himself was shot. The researchers took the boy off
Prozac and he recovered. Then they put him back on the
drug, apparently thinking that the anti-depressant could
not have caused the nightmares. Once drugged again, the
boy started to have acute suicidal thoughts and
tendencies.
The Yale researchers don�t talk about this now, said
Breggin. Ritalin Basics According to the PDR, the
Physician's Desk Reference, "Ritalin is a mild central
nervous system stimulant and is used in the treatment of
attention deficit disorders." The PDR warns that patients
with a history of drug addiction or alcoholism should be
given Ritalin with caution "because such patients may
increase dosage on their own." PDR further states that,
"Long-term abuse can lead to tolerance and mental
dependence with varying degrees of abnormal behavior."
Ritalin side effects may include an inability to fall
asleep and stay asleep, as well as nervousness. Other
side effects include: loss of appetite, abdominal pain,
weight loss and abnormally fast heartbeat. Some of the
less common side effects include: chest pain, dizziness,
headache, hives, jerking, pulse changes, skin rash,
Tourette's syndrome, severe and multiple twitching and
writhing movements.
Ritalin should not be used in children under six years
old, says the PDR, because the "safety and effectiveness
in this age-group have not been established." PDR goes on
to state that "suppression of growth has been reported
with the long-term use of stimulants (the category of
which Ritalin is included)."
Terrible side effects
Dr. Breggin is more blunt. In his 1998 book, Talking Back
to Ritalin, he lists the following potential side effects
of the drug:
*** Decreased blood flow to the brain, an effect recently
shown to be caused by cocaine where it is associated with
impaired thinking ability and memory loss.
*** Disruption of growth hormone, leading to suppression
of growth in the body and brain of the child.
*** Permanent neurological tics, including Tourette's
syndrome.
*** Addiction and abuse, including withdrawal reactions
on a daily basis.
*** Psychosis (mania), depression, insomnia, agitation
and social withdrawal.
*** Possible shrinkage (atrophy) or other permanent
physical abnormalities in the brain.
*** Worsening of the very symptoms the drug is supposed
to improve, including hyperactivity and inattention.
*** Decreased ability to learn.
The Food and Drug Administration classifies Ritalin
(methylphenidate) as a Schedule II substance. These
substances include: amphetamines, cocaine, morphine,
opium and barbiturates. Ritalin is more regulated in
other countries compared to the United States. America
consumes five times as much Ritalin as the rest of world
combined. In addition to the ongoing investigation by the
World Health Organization, the U.N. International
Narcotics Control Board has issued two official warnings
about America�s apparent dependence on Ritalin.
While about 4 million U.S. kids regularly take Ritalin,
the Drug Enforcement Administration estimates that about
8 million kids and adults will be on the drug in 2000.
(About 90% of all Ritalin prescriptions are for kids.)
The average Ritalin script runs between $30 and $60 a
month. Most health insurance plans provide coverage for
Ritalin and Attention Deficit Disorder treatment.
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