Subject: Re: [drugwar] 50,000 children taking anti-depressants Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 13:40:41 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong Yes , the State forcing parents to drug their school bored children is an ultimate horror . That's why more and more families are escaping government= schools despite the money which has been taken from them for that monopoly , and choosing home schooling if not private school . I was amazed that a recent survey shows that here in Downtown Manhattan , only about 37% of children go to public school . On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 13:30:52 EDT, SherriTheWriter@aol.com wrote: >=A0In a message dated 9/20/2003 1:09:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,= bob@cosy.com writes: > >=A0So long as parents with their children are >=A0Free to Choose , the "sins" are on a totally >=A0different level than that of State Force . > >=A0Parents are not always -- or, rather, do not always feel --= free to choose. Here in my area, there was a very well= publicized case about 5 years ago (I tried unsuccessfully to= find an online clip to post, but will have to wait for a library= trip and a search through local papers) in which parents= protested a school recommendation to put their son on Ridilin.= The situation exploded into a legal case, with the state= threatening to take the child from his "neglectful" parents (who= simply did not want their child doped down). --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban