Comments on: prohibitionists fear: ‘we just can’t scare the kids anymore’ http://my.firedoglake.com/acmerecords/2012/12/20/prohibitionists-fear-we-just-cant-scare-the-kids-anymore/ Just another weblog Thu, 02 May 2013 04:45:46 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cmaukonen http://my.firedoglake.com/acmerecords/2012/12/20/prohibitionists-fear-we-just-cant-scare-the-kids-anymore/#comment-4 cmaukonen Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:16:52 +0000 http://my.firedoglake.com/acmerecords/?p=7#comment-4 Gee..and prohibition worked so well in the 1920s too. Gee..and prohibition worked so well in the 1920s too.

]]> By: fairleft http://my.firedoglake.com/acmerecords/2012/12/20/prohibitionists-fear-we-just-cant-scare-the-kids-anymore/#comment-3 fairleft Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:31:34 +0000 http://my.firedoglake.com/acmerecords/?p=7#comment-3 Well done! Recommended. Another drug issue is the $40+ billion that Americans now spend on psychiatric drugs, that amount exploding in tandem with the explosion in Americans identified as seriously mentally ill. Something is terribly wrong when the cure seemingly produces more of what it is supposed to be curing. Robert Whitaker's book is a good place to look into the problem: <blockquote>Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 12:20 AM UTC <strong><a href="http://www.salon.com/2010/04/28/interview_whitaker_anatomy_of_an_epidemic/" rel="nofollow">“Anatomy of an Epidemic”: The hidden damage of psychiatric drugs</a></strong> <em>An award-winning science reporter looks at the history of mental illness in America -- with disturbing results</em></blockquote> Well done! Recommended.

Another drug issue is the $40+ billion that Americans now spend on psychiatric drugs, that amount exploding in tandem with the explosion in Americans identified as seriously mentally ill. Something is terribly wrong when the cure seemingly produces more of what it is supposed to be curing. Robert Whitaker’s book is a good place to look into the problem:

Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 12:20 AM UTC
“Anatomy of an Epidemic”: The hidden damage of psychiatric drugs
An award-winning science reporter looks at the history of mental illness in America — with disturbing results

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