On the recordMay 2, 2007
I introduced last year a bill I called the Child Medication Safety Act. This is to protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering a controlled substance or psychotropic drug in order to attend school. It has come to my attention that schools have been acting as physicians or psychologists by strongly suggesting that children with behavioral problems be put immediately on some form of psychotropic drugs. Schools and teachers are not equipped to make these diagnoses and should make it mandatory for the student to continue attending the school. This is clearly beyond their area of expertise. Therefore, I am introducing this legislation to ensure that parents are not required by school personnel to medicate their children.
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