Israel: Bill Would Limit Use of Ritalin
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A member of Israel's Knesset (parliament) has introduced a bill to limit the
use of Ritalin in children.
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=120108
Bill Would Limit Use of Ritalin
18:10 Jan 23, '07 / 4 Shevat 5767
(IsraelNN.com) MK Yoram Marciano (Labor) proposed a law Monday that
would severely restrict the rights of parents to medicate their children
with Ritalin. In recent years, critics have accused parents or school
authorities of seeking to have children who are overactive prescribed
Ritalin in order to "calm them down," and the drug has been implicated in a
number of negative youth behaviors.
The law would require a lengthy registration and supervision process
by the Health Ministry for any child being given Ritalin, with preference
being given to other methods of dealing with the conditions for which it
would otherwise be prescribed.
Marciano attributed the recent upswing in the number of children
being given Ritalin in Israel to increased sales activity by drug companies.
"The drug companies have launched a massive campaign recently to
convince psychiatrists, doctors, teachers and parents of the wonders of
Ritalin - while many experts in countries around the world believe there is
nothing wonderful about this drug at all," he said.
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