Originally Posted by Rich

I believe the number is somewhere around 40% of school children are on some form of hardcore prescription drug in the US, and Canada is close behind. I know for sure that in the UK they do give Ritalin and the like to children, I don't know if it's on the same scale as it is here. Ritalin is the #1 drug prescribed to children in the UK. I don't know about France. You don't hear much about this until you're a parent and the school nurse tells you your kid isn't paying attention, and needs to be "treated". Drug companies are one of the biggest sponsors of corporate news out there, they don't EVER say ANYTHING negative about corporate drugs on TV unless they're absolutely forced to (i.e., drugs pulled off the shelves). There's no medical tests or anything to prove that a kid needs these drugs, if they meet some of the symptoms, with include not paying attention in class and "fidgeting", the first thing they'll do is try to dope the kid up. Very first thing. Don't ask if he eats 4 times the amount of sugar he should every day, that may offend the school's sponsor, Coca-Cola. Don't ask if he watches TV for 6 hours a day, just feed him the drugs and bring in the next kid. I see these doped up kids all the time at my kids' birthday parties and such, it makes me sick to my stomach. And then they wonder why kids are bringing guns to school and killing people. "It must be the violent movies". It's bullshit.