Charles said:>CB: Probably, but ever notice that Jeffrey Dahmer ( he killed people and then eat them), Timothy McVeigh, the Columbine boys, Hitler for that matter, and many other mass murderers and miscreants were reportedly not on drugs. Maybe if they had taken something they would have calmed down.
One of the Littleton killers was on Luvox, an anti-depressant. This was reported widely. A book on Hitler, I picked up the other day at the library, listed the meds he was on from 1942 till the end. Not as extensive as Elvis by any stretch but when you're talking about someone so fucked up as Adolf, a few pharceuticals more or less. lemme see, one more pill, another 10 K deaths?
The reason I bring this up, is the groundswell from hard Christian right (Phyllis Schlafley) to liberals like Peter Breggin and Hillary, to stop the mass prescribing of drugs like Ritalin and Luvox. I'm wondering where this came from. The issue had been bubbling along for years. I can remember my Mom taking me to a talk when I was in high school in the 70's against Ritalin. A good 5 years ago on a daytime talk show I heard Breggin on Prozac. He is also quoted widely by the backlash stories. It looks like crap science to me. But, I don't like seeing millions of kids (gender breakdown? I suspect mostly boys) given a chemical way to chill out, in the absence of the time and attention kids need from adults. I don't buy that kids these days, are any worse or better, than kids have always been. Meanwhile we, adults will keep on swallowing our Prozac, Xanax and Viagra, 'cuz we deserve it!
Michael Pugliese