Lowell -- Your comment "If the above drugs were not given, our classrooms would be a jungle!" I hope is meant to be sarcastic!

I am in the classroom, and I can tell you the drugs to not make things better. Last year, I had a kid in my classroom who 5 years earlier while on serious psychotrophic drugs, brought a gun to school and threatened to kill a teacher.

After they got his dosage "right" and was "rehabilitated" he was allowed to mainstream into a high school class (my class) and we were not notified of his past. It was only after he threatened to kill me and a female student that I was able to find out more about his history. He wore a black trench coat to class everyday, was fascinated with vampires and horror films like Saul, and was on a list of psychotrophic drugs longer than my arm --over 3500 mg! He was always drinking water because the drugs gave him cotton mouth. He also heard voices and saw things that did not exist. The other members of his family all had locks on their bedroom doors and he had attempted to kill his sister.

Worst thing his I had to document all this behavior in order to build a case to have him removed from the classroom. It took a full semester before I succeeded in convincing the his mother and the administration (who was just worried about not violating his legal rights to an education) that he needed to go back to a school for psychotic children (despite the fact that he was a senior). The school district just wanted the guy to get a H.S. diploma so he could be released from the system, because under the law, such students are eligible for education resources paid for by the district until age 21.

Given this kid's history, the fact that he had brought a gun to school and pointed it at a teacher, and the fact that he had threatened to kill me, it was the only time I have ever seriously entertained the idea of breaking a federal law and carrying a concealed firearm to school in order to defend myself (I used be a Federal Agent and know a bit about carrying a gun). I chose to obey the law instead and sweated out each and everyday for 3 1/2 months until the kid was finally removed from the class. When he was there, I kept my classroom door unlocked in order to let help in if necessary and when he was not there I locked my door to keep him out --escorting the students who were supposed to be there into the room. It was just short of a nightmare.

For those interested in the relationship between these violent acts and the drugs given to our kids, please see this video.

[url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3609599239524875493&q=DRUGGING%2BOF%2BOUR%2BCHILDREN[/url]

Also, in regards to rap, ever notice that the vast majority of these massacre shooters are not black? Reason being is statistically the majority of blacks are from low social economic status backgrounds and cannot afford to send their kids to a psychiatrist and get then pay for Prozac. Many black kids who misbehave just get a old fashioned ass whooping usually (all to often from grandma). As blacks continue to become more prosperous (albeit slowly) we will eventually see one, but for now, all these shooters are from middle class and upper middle class backgrounds --those who have the resources to buy and pay for such medications.


David