White House Planning to Drug Kids

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White House May Be Planning Nationwide Program to Diagnose, Drug Kids
by Christopher Getzan (bio)

In a "Trojan horse" initiative critics say is set up to benefit drug companies, the Bush administration is considering a program to screen pupils for "mental disorders" and prescribe pharmaceutical treatment.

Jun 27 - A new plan by the Bush administration to test the nation's public school population for mental disorders and treat them with controversial drugs has raised an alarm among some medical science watchdogs and members of the mental health community.

The White House is expected to announce a mental health and disability initiative that recommends the screening and treatment of the country’s K-12 students. The plan is based on a Texas program a government whistleblower has called "a Trojan horse" for pharmaceutical companies.

As first reported by bmj.com, the website for the medical news weekly the British Medical Journal, the plan is derived from findings by the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, a committee of doctors and mental health care professionals established in 2002. Published by the New Freedom Initiative (NFI), the report recommends states start testing for and treating mental disorders as early as possible, focusing on students, who can be easily accessed in the public school system.

The NFI plan "doesn't have the Orwellian goal of drugging the populace for a political purpose; it's the Orwellian goal of drugging the populace for an economic purpose." -- Allen Jones, whistleblower
The mental health component of the plan is based on the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), which was engineered during Bush’s tenure as governor. An algorithm is a flow chart that helps psychiatrists identify and medicate a patient’s condition.