[news] Bush-backed Drug Marketing Schemes

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By Evelyn Pringle - Online Journal Contributing Writer April 25, 2005--At an FDA hearing on the safety of psychotropic drugs on Feb 2, dozens of despondent parents testified that their children had committed suicide or other violent acts after being prescribed the same drugs that are being marketed in the Bush-backed pharmaceutical industry schemes aimed at recruiting the nations 52 million school children as customers. In July 2003, the Bush appointed New Freedoms Commission on Mental Health (NFC)recommended screening all children for mental illness and designated TeenScreen as a model program to ensure that every student receives a mental health check-up before finishing high school.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/9/124111/9038