Obviously, goal is to get kids more focused, calm, attentive and manageable when in large groups. The federal govt. wants to aid in this endeavor. Jon Rappaport, writing for Stratiawire.com, shows that in 1991, federal rules were adopted which granted US schools $400 for each child diagnosed with ADHD. Furthermore, in 1991, US Dept. of Education issued a formal recognition of ADHD as a debilitating condition and ordered state education departments to screen students and give ADHD cases special treatment. Guaranteed, if govt. offered increased funding for every redheaded student, your student teachers would soon be convincing you that Johnny has red hair, not brown.

No doubt, ADHD symptoms exist. I could walk into any classroom in America and find a hypothecated victim. And yes, there is a spectrum as to suffering of aforementioned symptoms. For those rare cases on extreme end, here is a partial list of factors that can cause a child to have these "ADHD symptoms": chemicals and dyes in food, excess sugar intake, vaccines, FDA approved drugs, heavy metals, poor teaching, failure to grasp basic subjects (e,g., reading), head injuries, parents who aren't home, parents who don't care, unsafe schools, street drugs, poor nutrition.

This list is a result of profound discoveries that have been made about benefits of proper diet and natural supplements. It is also result of horrific discoveries that have been made by intelligent and truth-seeking parents and professionals regarding use of FDA approved drugs and vaccines. To date, it is possible for anyone to live a happy normal life FREE of toxic drugs. As knowledge of health, nutrition and effectiveness of natural supplements moves forward our own attitudes and ways of thinking must do same.

Be warned however, accurate information regarding use of natural supplements will be hard to come by from medical doctors. The scientific study of medicinal uses of plants has not been part of American medical curriculum for at least 75 years! Conversely, medicinal chemists have derived almost every synthetic drug from nature. The only difference between two is life-threatening toxicity.

This is not an attack on western medicine. In fact, latest technology in emergency medicine has been an asset to longevity of human life. Endeavors made by emergency room doctors are admirable to say least. This is an attack on ignorance and greed of American people, including doctors, patients, and pharmaceutical companies. The reliance of drugs, surgery, and high-tech equipment for healthy living is killing us and according to latest statistics, most of us will be overdosed on FDA approved drugs before we will ever need expertise of an emergency room doctor. Take power back! Start with a war on FDA approved drugs by learning about natural alternatives and proper diet.

Few people realize impact of these statistics. As we spend more on health care in form of FDA approved drugs, we becoming sicker. Wrap your brain cells around that! Still though Americans, like cattle, are lining up at pharmaceutical trough for their daily dose of "just what doctor ordered". And they are bringing their children with them.

Researchers writing for Pediatrics showed that between 1997 and 2000, approximately 3,750 serious injuries, birth defects and deaths occurred among children under 2 who were secondary recipients of prescription drugs compliments of their mothers via pregnancy, labor, or breast feeding. The study, conducted by researchers at George Washington University and University of Maryland, found 769 childhood deaths and 664 cases of birth defects or disabilities that could be directly linked to prescription drug use. The FDA has stated that these numbers really only account for about 2% of actual number of deaths and negative side effects reported! In spite of carnage committed against young and innocent, FDA does not require pharmaceutical companies to test newly released drugs for potentially hazardous effects on children. Yet, according to New York Times and JAMA, spending on central nervous system (CNS) drugs for pediatric patients increased by 85% from 1985-1999!

Call it lack of sufficient funding, integrity, human nature, greed or plain old corruption, protective motivation that was once driving force of FDA is gone! A new kind of bureaucracy has risen up in its place and very few professionals are aware of change, especially among media channels. Undoubtedly, general population is grossly ignorant of FDA's new mission, to approve life-threatening drugs that will profit pharmaceutical companies and to suppress non-toxic, inexpensive and effective natural therapies.

Jay R. Cavanaugh, PhD, Member, California State Board of Pharmacy 1980-90, said it best when referring to FDA and international pharmaceutical companies:

"This collection of serial killers with reckless disregard of human life, extinguishes hopes and lives of over 100,000 Americans every year. In past decade they have been responsible for over one million innocent deaths, yet not only have they not faced justice, they have enriched themselves with profits that would make Bill Gates envious. These parasitic killers come not from some cave in Afghanistan, but from plush office suites..."

That FDA is a watchdog agency for public health interests is a fallacy. The FDA is a lapdog for international, multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies and is responsible for millions of preventable deaths.