The Violation of Our Children 10 comments

13 Mar 2005 @ 02:26, by Salama Shaquana I have long held the view that Drug Companies are the scourge of the corporate world (yes there are others) but Drug and Chemical Companies in my view are the worst. On reading articles of late on the topics of ADD/ADHD I question how long are we to stand by and watch our children being turned into a nation of ‘zombies’. If you haven’t taken the time to read up on this subject (and think of yourself as a caring individual) I urge you to so. This is frightening stuff. To quote from a recent article by Bob Jacobs, PsyD, JD; “There is no proof that ‘attention deficits’ in children are anything but normal human variants, yet medical practitioners are labelling more and more children with the diagnosis and giving them dangerous stimulant drugs to control their behaviour. ADD & ADHD is an invented disease for which there are no validate test methods.” There does appear to be some truth to the statement that these so called ‘diseases’ result from politics and economics and that they have little to do with medicine. In fact the medical community and pharmaceutical industries state that they cannot prove the ‘disease’ exits and they certainly don’t know what causes it. On reflection it is easy to make these statements if the ‘disease’ doesn’t really exist and if the ‘invention’ is merely an exercise to control and print money. Would it surprise you to hear that the most popular drugs for the treatment of “ADHD” are pharmacologically similar to cocaine! These drugs cause children to become more docile and compliant. Turning children into ‘zombies’. Children have actually died from cardiac arrest from taking these drugs and yet we continue to define children who are a little hard to handle as ADD or ADHD and pump them full of drugs to control them. The truly frightening aspect of this diagnosis and treatment is the long term effective on children who are subjected to this evil practice. Any drugs and particularly stimulants pose a long-term risk because of their potential developmental effects and this is particularly relevant to children as they are still developing and growing. In one of the articles I have recently read they talk about ‘development toxicology’, which refers to the inimitable severe side effects caused by interaction between a drug and the lack of progression of growth and development in children. Children are not only developing physically but also emotionally and cognitively. The worrying connection was that if drugs, in particular stimulants, disrupt growth hormone production affecting children’s physical (height and weight) and emotional growth and development that there would also a corresponding negative impact on their developing brain. Therefore the logical conclusion would be that the drugs that are used to treat ADHD might cause long-term changes in the brain…In fact tests on rats have shown this to be so. Stimulants such as Ritalin (one of the common treatments in Australia) have significantly harmful impacts on the brain. Chemically dulling or suppressing the child’s higher brain function causes the ‘zombie’ effect of this treatment. With the ‘out of control’ frequency rates with which this ‘disease’ is being diagnosed and treated there is a very possibility that we will raise a generation of children whose creativity, thinking and spirit are non-existent. That is a frightening thought. Lets get to the real reason why we have this ‘disease’. Would it surprise you to hear that the market for stimulant medication specifically to treat ADHD exceeds US$600 million annually in the US alone!!!! Worldwide this is a multi-billion plus dollar industry. There is an endless list of evidence that would lead you to believe that Doctors, Parents and Teachers also play a part in this appalling industry. Though, to be fair, it would appear to be driven from ignorance rather than true intent to harm. If you are parent and it is suggested that your child is suffering from ADD or ADHD PLEASE take the time to find out a little bit more and DON’T just bow to pressure. Your child’s future is at stake. Don’t just take the easy option.

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