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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 09:34 PM
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11. At this point it's merely a "goal" to have widespread testing
and to implement the Texas Medication Algorithm. This is stated by the New Freedom Commision on Mental Health. There is no active legislation yet and no "forced medication" on the table -- but many people are assuming that if there's testing, that required medication will follow.

I'm sure the administration would love that -- being as it's in the pocket of Big Pharma -- but too many people on the left and the right would rebel.

Nevertheless, it's scary enough to imagine mental health testing in all the nation's public schools. How many kids would be misdiagnosed and medicated, just because some over-worked person suggested it and the parents are too insecure to question the judgement of an expert?

Medications are NOT harmless. They can do good, but they can also do harm if misused.

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