Loughner Anti-Psychotic Ruling a Travesty for ADHD Parents

July 13th, 2011. By AbiK

Here’s a little quiz: Who do you Think was Forced to Take Psych Drugs?

 

Parents like Jim Kaiser and Maryanne Godboldo are undoubtedly outraged by the court ruling allowing alleged murderer Jared Loughner—the seeming wacko who is not only alleged to have killed 6 people and injured 13 others including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but also has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is currently housed in a federal mental hospital, unfit to stand trial–to refuse antipsychotic medication. HE can refuse to take the antipsychotic medicine if he wants—because it’s against his rights!

Yes, I’m sure according to the letter of the law, it is against his rights. But what about the parents of ADHD children—as with Jim Kaiser whose son Ben (above right) was forced to take Adderall? Or what about Maryanne Godboldo who raised a red flag after noticing her daughter had behavioral changes after some immunizations only to be forced to give her child psychotropic drugs—and when she fought that, her child was forcibly removed from her home? It’s ok to mandate drugs to our children, but not to an alleged murderer who’s been diagnosed with schizophrenia and seen as a threat to others?

Think about it—this guy can just say “no thanks” to a stabilizing anti-psychotic–while putting the safety of medical staff in jeopardy and basically making a mockery out of the victims’ plight—but you might be forced to drug your child. What’s wrong with this picture folks?

Tags: Adderall, ADHD, Antipsychotic Drugs, Ben Kaiser, Jared Loughner, Jim Kaiser, Maryanne Godboldo

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