No child left unmedicated
by Phyllis Schlafly
Heartland Institute
03/05
Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceutical firms are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs. Like most liberal, big-spending ideas, this one was slipped into the law under cover of soft semantics. Its genesis was the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFCMH), created by President George W. Bush in 2002. The NFCMH recommends 'routine and comprehensive' testing and mental health screening for every child in America, including preschoolers. Bush has instructed 25 federal agencies to develop a plan to implement the commission's recommendations...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16574
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Heartland Institute
03/05
Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceutical firms are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs. Like most liberal, big-spending ideas, this one was slipped into the law under cover of soft semantics. Its genesis was the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFCMH), created by President George W. Bush in 2002. The NFCMH recommends 'routine and comprehensive' testing and mental health screening for every child in America, including preschoolers. Bush has instructed 25 federal agencies to develop a plan to implement the commission's recommendations...
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16574
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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