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Fromtoday's BMJ
BMJ 1999;319:1456 ( 4 December )

News extra

US education board advises against drugs for behavioural problems

Fred Charatan Florida

A US board of education has passed a resolution urging teachers to use
discipline and instruction to overcome problem behaviour in the classroom,
rather than encouraging parents to seek drug treatment for their children.

The resolution passed by Colorado Board of Education carries no legal weight
but sounds a warning on the growing use of drugs such as Ritalin
(methylphenidate hydrochloride) to deal with disruptive behaviour in
schools.
Board members supporting the resolution believed that many violent crimes
committed by school students are committed by young people taking
psychotropic
drugs. In the massacre last spring at Columbine High School in Littleton,
Colorado, one of the teenage shooters, Eric Harris, had been taking the
antidepressant Luvox (fluvoxamine).

Full text:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7223/1456/c

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