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Friday, September 27, 2002But Rep. Constance Morella (R-MD) pointed out that the Citizen's Commission for Human Rights (CCHR) was founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology, a religious group known both for attracting celebrity members and for vehement opposition to all of psychiatry. ...Morella also challenged Dr. Mary Ann Block, a board member who treats ADHD children with nutritional and anti-allergy interventions instead of drugs. Block accused psychiatrists and other doctors of prescribing ADHD drugs for financial gain. "You'd probably gain a little bit too if people were scared away from psychiatric drugs," Morella said. And on the other side of the fence we have Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): [Rep. Benjamin] Gilman [R-NY] quoted a Drug Enforcement Administration study concluding that Ritalin maker Ciba-Geigy, now known as Novartis, had given CHAAD over $700,000 in grants over five years in the 1990's. The agency expressed concern in the report that CHAAD and similar groups serve as front organizations for drug makers. "Here we have a drug company that is influencing a parental group, and that drug company has a strong financial interest," Gilman said. Unfortunately, Gilman also thinks that ADD is caused by childhood vaccines. But there’s hope for our lawmakers. Now that they’re questioning the motives of the groups testifying before them, maybe someday they’ll come to the realization that politicians have no business debating medical treatments. posted by Sydney on 9/27/2002 06:16:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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