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House Votes To Bar Schools
from Forcing Kids to Take Psychotropic Meds
On Wednesday (May 21, 2003) the U.S. House of
Representatives approved the
Child Medication Safety Act
(HR 1170), which would prohibit schools
receiving federal education money from coercing children into taking drugs
like Ritalin as a precondition to attending class.
Ritalin (the trade name of
Methylphenidate) may provide many people with cognitive benefits, but in
recent years some school districts have reportedly been coercing parents to
place their children on the drug. The CCLE believes that just as Ritalin
users should not be criminalized, no one should be forced, or coerced, to
take it.
See Also:
CCLE Neuroethics Project
CCLE Ritalin Resources
Other
Documents Related to HR 1170 (press releases, mark up, etc) |
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