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Oxana Chumak
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: Documentary, Political & Social Issues
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The problem of giving psychoactive drugs to millions of American children is rarely discussed in mainstream media. However, over the last three decades, there has been a continuing scholarly debate about the wisdom of putting millions of American schoolchildren on a lifetime prescription of psychoactive drugs to control behaviors and improve grades. Medical practitioners often make quick, subjective diagnoses of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD or ADHD). To treat this, they offer a daily dose of Ritalin or a similar drug. The percentage of American schoolchildren on a daily dose of psychoactive drugs has reached a critical level, one that is nearly ten times the percentage of any other industrialized nation.
The documentary follows four families who are giving psychotropic substances to their children. Their experiences are very different and sometimes contradictory. One of the families has to cope with loss of their child while the other praises the daughter's significantly improved academic performance and organizational skills. Experts ranging from neuroindustry analysts and psychiatrists to ADHD researchers and educators openly talk about these drug problems that the mainstream media often ignores.
Learn more about this documentary at the official website: America's Chemical Angels.
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