In a study led by Herbert Rie from the Ohio State Department of Pediatrics, Rie found no objective evidence for improvement from Ritalin on any of a series of tests for learning or performance. The children exhibited “typical suppressive behavioral effects”. The children became: “distinctly more bland or “flat” emotionally, lacking both the age-typical variety and frequency of emotional expression. They responded less, exhibited little or no initiative […]
In 1977, a Norwegian team of researchers led by D. Daarskog demonstrated abnormal growth hormone responses to clinical doses of Dexedrine and Ritalin: The findings indicate an acute and probable long-term effect of dextroamhetamine and methylphenidate on the homeostasis of growth hormone. The possible long-term effects of these drugs on the growth of children indicates the need for caution in the widespread use of these agents. *********************************** In […]
If a parent forced a child to take alcohol, a depressant, in the mistaken belief that he was curing a chemical imbalance in the child’s brain, we would not hesitate to have the child removed from home Yet millions of children are forced to take mind-altering drugs in the equally mistaken belief that depression and other mental illnesses are biologically caused, for which there is not a shred […]
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks at Berkeley Law School:
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks at Kings College, London, on The Relevance of the Bible for Law and Ethics in Society:
Dr. Peter Breggin testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Veteran Affairs:
Dr. Benjamin Weeks, Prof of Biology at Adelphi University, New York:
Explore dopamine’s effect upon learning from a genetic perspective with Dr. Richard Palmiter, University of Washington Department of Biochemistry professor and investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Dr. David Healy, Professor of Psychaitry at Bangor University, U.K., Dr. Peter Breggin, and Dr. Irving Kirsh, Harvard University Medical Researcher are interviewed concerning Anti-Depressant Violence connected to mass shootings at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Colorado, and Tucson.