[Dialogue] Fwd: Brasscheck TV: How many people do you know...

[Karl Hess]

Jack,

In my practice I saw lots of kids who seemed bright but who were  
getting failing grades.  Many of these kids' self-image was in the  
toilet and they were about to give up on ever succeeding in school.   
Some thought they just weren't trying.  Some seemed to have major  
attentional problems and I tried them on dexedrine-like medications.   
Some went to straight A's with a lot less effort than they had been  
expending before. One kid's mother told me that he was a pitcher on  
the jr hi baseball team, and on the mound just couldn't focus his  
attention on the batter.  The first day he took the ritalin, he  
pitched a no-hitter.

Certainly all treatments can be overused.  Much of this is the  
consequence of primitive capitalism - the manipulated market is always  
right.  The drugs are way overpriced.

  They have a very valuable place in my experience.

Karl


On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jack Gilles wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I don't often forward emails of issues that I get from time to  
> time.  But this one on the drug industry is one that I want people  
> to see.  All of us know if people who are being treated for mental  
> issues through drugs, especially children.  This piece will allow  
> you to see the scam much of this is.  I hope Obama's administration  
> will change this situation.
>
> BTW, this site is worth signing up for.  The vast majority of ones  
> I've seen are pretty good.
>
> Jack
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Brasscheck TV" <news at brasschecktv.com>
>> Date: January 9, 2009 3:29:54 AM GMT-07:00
>> To: "Jack" <icabombay at igc.org>
>> Subject: Brasscheck TV:   How many people do you know...
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> How many people do you know who
>> have been diagnosed with some
>> kind of "mental disorder"...
>>
>> One that coincidentally requires
>> a lifetime on drugs?
>>
>> Thirty years ago this was incredibly
>> rare.
>>
>> Now in countries like the US and
>> the UK, it's so common, it's practically
>> the norm.
>>
>> What's going on?
>>
>> The answer:
>>
>> http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/527.html
>>
>> - Brasscheck
>>
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>> - Brasscheck
>>
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