A DRUG PROBLEM

Editor:

With almost 9 million children on some kind of
behavioral drug, I was wondering. Why are the teachers
at PES allowed to tell parents to have the children
put on these drugs?

Even though they won't admit to this, I have proof... a card to a
doctor in W.Va. who was even told what kind of drugs to seek. One
case, that I can prove, is the child whose parents were told over and
over that the child really had to be on these drugs until, finally
they gave in to the teachers' and the principal's pressure. The child
became a zombie. No trouble though, just a blank expression.

When the family moved and the child was enrolled in another school,
the parents were called in. The school wondered why the child was
always sitting around with the 'duh' look on his face. Anyway that
school had the child seen by another doctor and guess what, they
removed the drugs and now you have a normal 10-year-old child.

So, are we paying our teachers to teach or push parents into drugging
up the children so all the teachers have to do is show up? I really
don't think the number of children on these drugs in PES is necessary,
so those parents whose child is on drugs may want to take them to
someone other than whom the school recommends. Drug addiction on the
streets is illegal so why do the schools want so many children
addicted to behavioral drugs?

J. DANIELS

Paintsville, KY